emergency response team (ert)

CERT TRAINING

Unit 1:  Disaster Preparedness - You will learn about:

Ÿ  Disasters and Disaster Workers

Ÿ  The Impact on the Infrastructure

Ÿ  Structural and Nonstructural Hazards

Ÿ  Hazard Mitigation

Ÿ  Home and Workplace Preparedness

Ÿ  Community Preparedness

Ÿ  Protection for Disaster Workers

Unit 2:  CERT Organization - You will learn about

Ÿ  CERT Organization

Ÿ  Rescuer Safety

Ÿ  Documentation

Ÿ  Team Organization

Unit 3:  Light Search and Rescue Operations - You will learn about

Ÿ  Search and Rescue Sizeup

Ÿ  Conducting Search Operations

Conducting Rescue Operations

Unit 4:  Disaster Medical Operations - You will learn about

Part - 1

Ÿ  Life Threatening Conditions

Ÿ  Triage

Unit 5:  Disaster Medical Operations - You will learn about

Part 2

Ÿ  Public Health Considerations

Ÿ  Functions of Disaster Medical Operations

Ÿ  Patient Evaluation

Ÿ  Basic Treatment

Unit 6:  Fire Safety - You will learn about:

Ÿ  Fire Chemistry

Ÿ  Fire Hazards

Ÿ  Fire Safety

Ÿ  Portable Fire Extinguishers

Ÿ  Fire Suppression Safety

Ÿ  Teamwork

Ÿ  Hazardous Materials

Unit 7:  Disaster Psychology - You will learn about

Ÿ  Disaster Psychology

Ÿ  Caring for Yourself

Unit 8:  Terrorism and CERT - You will learn about

Ÿ  What Terrorism is

Ÿ  Terrorist Weapons

Ÿ  B-NICE Indicators

Ÿ  CERTs and Terriorist Incidents

Unit 9:  Course Review and Disaster Simulation - You will learn about

Ÿ  A Review of Key Points from the Course

Ÿ  Final Exercise