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SUMMARY:Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training
DESCRIPTION:The next Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training course will begin on Wednesday evening\, Oct. 22. This disaster preparedness program\, consisting of six sessions\, is offered at no charge to New Canaan residents or those working in New Canaan. \nCERT teaches people how to take care of themselves\, their families\, and their neighbors in the event of an emergency or a disaster. During major disasters\, local emergency responders can become overwhelmed by the demand for help\, or can be delayed in attending to the community’s needs. CERT members are taught basic response skills\, which could help save or sustain life\, until emergency responders are available. \nThe concept of CERT was originally developed by the Los Angeles Fire Department\, and was promoted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the 1990’s for communities across the country. CERT is now under the direction of the Department of Homeland Security\, and is one of several programs that make up the Citizen Corps. \nIn addition to basic disaster preparedness\, the course covers fire safety and suppression\, triage\, disaster medical operations\, terrorism\, and light search and rescue. As a joint training program with Wilton\, the classes are taught by New Canaan and Wilton emergency services personnel\, with other instructors as topic specialists. Class locations will alternate between the two towns. \nCERT graduates can become part of New Canaan’s emergency deployment pool\, and help the town’s first responders in the event of a disaster. CERT members are also deployed at special events by the emergency services\, when extra resources are needed for public safety. \nThe course will be held on four Wednesday evenings (Oct. 22\, Oct. 29\, Nov. 12\, and Nov. 19) from 7 PM to 10 PM\, and two Saturdays (Nov. 8 and Nov. 22) from 8 AM to noon. \nRegistration for the six-session course is required. To enroll\, please go to the New Canaan CERT website at www.newcanaancert.org to find the registration forms. Questions can be directed to newcanaancert@gmail.com. \n
URL:https://newcanaanite.com/new-canaan-event/community-emergency-response-team-cert-training
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, New Canaan\, 06840
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ORGANIZER;CN="CERT":MAILTO:newcanaancert@gmail.com
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