WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME A CERT MEMBER.
THE WANT AND DESIRE TO HELP OTHERS.
Here’s the schedule of a CERT class:
Introduction/Disaster Preparedness 3 hours
Fire Safety/Light Search and Rescue 3 hours
Disaster Medical Operations: Part I 3 hours
Disaster Medical Operations: Part II 3 hours
Team Organization and Disaster Psychology 3 hours
Terrorism and CERT 3 hours
Final Exercise and Graduation 3 hours
(WE HOPE YOU DON'T MISS ANY CLASSES BUT IF YOU DO YOU MAY MAKE IT UP DURING THE NEXT CLASS)
Most CERT classes except the Final Exercise will be held at the EOC beginning at 6:30 PM. The Final Exercise is scheduled to begin at 8:00 AM, the location will be disclosed at a later date.
All CERT members are offered the FEMA courses IS-100 and IS-700 and IS-800 at other times.
if you wish to take these classes online go to http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ and click on "OUR COURSES"
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