Training

Community Emergency Response Team training is free and helps everyone be better prepared to respond to and cope with disasters and emergencies at home, in your neighborhood, at work and throughout your community.

CERT volunteers are initially trained to provide immediate assistance to handle small fires, turn off utilities, give first aid, perform light search & rescue, organize walk-up volunteers, and collect information which arriving professional first responders need to prioritize & allocate resources.

CERT Basic Training Schedule - Fall 2010


Session Date
Session 1 - Disaster Preparedness Thursday, September 9, 2010
Session 2 - Fire Supression Thursday, September 16, 2010
Session 3 - Disaster Medical Operations Part 1 Thursday, September 23, 2010
Session 4 - Disaster Medical Operations Part 2 Thursday, September 30, 2010
Session 5 - Light Search & Rescue Thursday, October 7, 2010
Session 6 - Disaster Psychology and Team Organization Thursday, October 14, 2010
Session 7 - Terrorism Thursday, October 21, 2010
Session 8 - Practical Exercise Thursday, October 28, 2010
Session 9 - National Incident Management System (NIMS) TBA

The Fall 2010 session will be held from 7-9 p.m. Location is TBD, students will receive a confirmation message as well as a location announcement message. Although we hope for trouble free-weather during the winter sessions, we do have a plan for inclement weather. When Albemarle County schools are closed for winter weather, the CERT class is postponed. We email all class members with any changes.

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