COMMUNITY TRAINING

School Administrators
Public Agency Workers
Church Members
Homeowners Association
City Employees
Business and Industry
Community Groups
Concerned Citizens

What Will I Learn?

Upon completion of CERT training, you will be able to:
Describe the types of hazards that are most likely to affect your home and community
Take steps to prepare yourself for a disaster
Identify and reduce potential fire hazards in your home or workplace
Conduct triage under simulated disaster conditions
Perform head-to-toe patient assessment
Employ basic treatments for various wounds, and apply splints to suspected fractures and sprains
Describe ways to protect rescuers during light search and rescue operation

UNIT 1: Disaster Preparedness	Introduction to disasters Impact of disasters on infrastructures Role of CERTs in disaster response
UNIT 2: Disaster Fire Suppression	Fire chemistry and basic fire suppression Identifying and reducing potential fire hazards Firefighting resources and techniques Introduction to Hazardous Materials Incidents
UNIT 3: Disaster Medical Operations I	Treatment strategies for life-threatening conditions Principles of triage
UNIT 4: Disaster Medical Operations II	Head-to-toe patient assessments Establishing treatment areas Treatments for burns, lacerations, fractures, sprains, and other injuries
UNIT 5: Light Search and Rescue	Search and rescue priories and resources Size-up techniques and rescuer safety Lifting, cribbing, and victim removal
UNIT 6: Disaster Psychology and Organization	Post-disaster emotional environment CERT organization: Incident Command System CERT decision-making and documentation
UNIT 7: Terrorism	Risk and threat analysis Types of terrorism weapons Travel and terrorism
UNIT 8: Course Review and Simulation	Course review Disaster simulation drill

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