CERT - Certified Emergency Response Teams

C.E.R.T (Certified Emergency Response Teams) Training
Program is aimed at providing community volunteers with
educational materials, lectures and hands on training in
fundamental disaster response skills that will be helpful
during calamities and other emergency situations. In cases
where the magnitude of the problem is enormous, you should
know that police or fire officers and paramedics may not
always be immediately available when you need instant
attention. But if there are C.E.R.T-trained volunteers in
your area, you can be assured that these individuals will
be able to assist you and your family until help arrives in
situations that require urgent attention, such as fires,
earthquakes, and even medical emergencies. In fact,
government agencies are encouraging C.E.R.T members to play
a more active role in helping their communities in
emergency situations like evacuation procedures, disaster
safety campaigns, and preparation for hurricanes and other
calamities.

C.E.R.T (Certified Emergency Response Teams) Training is
actually available to anyone who is at least eighteen years
old. Individuals who are less than 18 years old need
approval from their parents before they can participate in
this program. The basic skills that you will learn from
C.E.R.T include search and rescue, fire safety,
organization of teams, first aid, threat assessment and
disaster preparedness in your home, community and even in
your office. More often than not, C.E.R.T volunteers are
first to respond to disasters, especially in areas that are
not very accessible to other rescue units.

Aside from emergency related activities, volunteers of
C.E.R.T (Certified Emergency Response Teams) are also
encouraged to help disseminate information about disaster
safety and preparedness, to assist elderly with their
preparation for emergency situations (such as changing the
battery of smoke alarms), and even participate in special
local or national events that deal with rescue and safety.

As a C.E.R.T (Certified Emergency Response Teams)
volunteer, you also need to make sure that you have C.E.R.T
kits that contain tools and equipment to make you prepared
for hazards and calamities. Every action response group
should have C.E.R.T kits that contain first aid supplies,
light sticks, vented chemical goggles, work gloves, hard
hat, water pouches, and other things that can assist them
in protecting themselves and helping other people survive
during emergencies. Flashlights, bullhorns and whistles are
also important gadgets that are needed by volunteers during
rescue operations or organizing teams. Lastly, in order to
help distinguish certified volunteers from other people,
C.E.R.T vests, caps, and patches may also be necessary.

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and lots of search and rescue gear at
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upplies for the professional first responder and for your
communities CERT team.

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