CERT...Community Emergency Response Team

I am so excited to attend this... It is something I wanted to do for awhile, but could not get my schedule to agree when we were in Ohio....
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a program that helps better prepare individuals to respond to emergency situations in the community CERT educates citizens in giving critical support to first responders, providing immediate assistance to victims and organizing volunteers at a disaster site. The CERT program is a 20-hour course given over an eight-week period. Training sessions include disaster preparedness, disaster fire suppression, basic disaster medical operations, light search and rescue, and team operations.           
 Training Topics  
1. Disaster Preparedness    

2. Fire Suppression   

3. Medical Operations I 

4. Medical Operations II 

5. Light Search & Rescue  

6. Team Organization/Terrorism/Disaster Psychology

As a part of a community-based initiative to engage citizens in homeland security and preparedness