Through a supportive and dynamic
adult learning environment, citizens participating in the training will learn
to work as a team with the Northern Essex Regional Emergency Planning Committee
to make the community a safer place to live and to work. The purpose of this
training is to prevent and/or minimize injuries and increase disaster
preparedness within the families and businesses of the cities and towns served
by the Northern Essex Regional Emergency Planning Committee.
Included in the CERT BASIC TRAINING:
·
Disaster
Preparedness - The CERT members' role in disaster
response, hazards most likely to affect their community and how to prepare
themselves.
·
Disaster
Fire Extinguishment - To reduce
fire risks and engage in limited fire extinguishment using basic safety
precautions.
· Disaster
Medical Operations - How to manage airway obstruction,
excessive bleeding, treatment of wounds and shock in disaster victims and
methods of prioritizing multiple patients.
· Search and
Rescue - To coordinate searches and rescues
as well as searching a structure; debris removal; victim extrication and
rescuer protection.
·
Disaster
Psychology - To identify and relieve
post-disaster emotional stressors in rescuers and survivors.
· Team Organization
- How to organize and function as a
team with other CERT members during a disaster.
For more information and application click here: (or on the links on the side of this page)
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzz6M3W9F5hedGVkdk1CWHlkNFU/edit?usp=sharing
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