Matt.M
Senior Member
Has anyone taken one of these courses? DeKalb County is offering one. Wondering if it would be useful.
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CERT Training
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the Lackster
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You talking about cert as in corrections? I went through gwinnett countys RRT course in February. It was legit. Im in great shape and it was a solid challenge everyday. Send me a message if you got any questions.
Matt.M
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Community Emergency Response Team
Course Overview
The CERT Basic Course is delivered in the community by a team of first responders, and other qualified volunteers. The organization and timing of training and meeting varies from program to program. It is often broken up into two to four hour blocks over a series of evenings or weekends.
Disaster Preparedness: Addresses hazards specific to the community. Materials cover actions that participants and their families take before, during and after a disaster as well as an overview of CERT and local laws governing volunteers.
Fire Suppression: Covers fire chemistry, hazardous materials, fire hazards and fire suppression strategies. However, the thrust of this session is the safe use of fire extinguishers, controlling utilities and extinguishing a small fire.
Medical Operations Part I: Participants practice diagnosing and treating airway obstruction, bleeding and shock by using simple triage and rapid treatment techniques.
Medical Operations Part II: Covers evaluating patients by doing a head to toe assessment, establishing a medical treatment area and performing basic first aid.
Light Search and Rescue Operations: Participants learn about search and rescue planning, size-up, search techniques, rescue techniques and rescuer safety.
Psychology and Team Organization: Covers signs and symptoms that might be experienced by the disaster victim and workers, and addresses CERT organization and management.
Course Review and Disaster Simulation: Participants review and practice the skills that they have learned during the previous six sessions in a disaster activity.
Course Overview
The CERT Basic Course is delivered in the community by a team of first responders, and other qualified volunteers. The organization and timing of training and meeting varies from program to program. It is often broken up into two to four hour blocks over a series of evenings or weekends.
Disaster Preparedness: Addresses hazards specific to the community. Materials cover actions that participants and their families take before, during and after a disaster as well as an overview of CERT and local laws governing volunteers.
Fire Suppression: Covers fire chemistry, hazardous materials, fire hazards and fire suppression strategies. However, the thrust of this session is the safe use of fire extinguishers, controlling utilities and extinguishing a small fire.
Medical Operations Part I: Participants practice diagnosing and treating airway obstruction, bleeding and shock by using simple triage and rapid treatment techniques.
Medical Operations Part II: Covers evaluating patients by doing a head to toe assessment, establishing a medical treatment area and performing basic first aid.
Light Search and Rescue Operations: Participants learn about search and rescue planning, size-up, search techniques, rescue techniques and rescuer safety.
Psychology and Team Organization: Covers signs and symptoms that might be experienced by the disaster victim and workers, and addresses CERT organization and management.
Course Review and Disaster Simulation: Participants review and practice the skills that they have learned during the previous six sessions in a disaster activity.
Matt.M
Senior Member
Copying/pasting doesn't hold the format well. It's not the corrections course. Thanks though.
SouthernAngler
Senior Member
It's worth it. It's a continuation, of sorts, of BDLS and ADLS. Given the opportunity you should jump on it. I'm in emergency management and it's a good program. We want to host one in this region, soon.
smokey30725
Senior Member
How can one transition into emergency management? I've spent the last 12 years in planning and supply chain management and have my MBA and some six sigma training behind my belt. I would love to get into the emergency management field, as planning carpet and tile is pretty much burning me out with 60-70 hour weeks.
the Lackster
Senior Member
My bad wrong kind of cert
