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Community Emergency Response Team - CERT |
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency, using a model created by the Los Angeles City Fire Department, began promoting nationwide use of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) concept in 1994. Since then, CERT's have been established in hundreds of communities. |
| CERT training promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people that they serve. The Goal is for emergency personnel to train member of neighborhoods, community organizations, or workplaces in basic response skills. CERT members are then integrated into the emergency response capability for their area. |
| If a disastrous event
overwhelms or delays the community's professional response, CERT
members can assist other by applying the basic response and
organizational skills that they learned during the training.
These skill can help save and sustain lives following a disaster
until help arrives. CERT skils also apply to daily emergencies. |
Join an Estero Fire Rescue CERT Class! |
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September 8, 2007 at the Cascades clubhouse located
at 9400 Cascades Isle Blvd |
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Estero
Fire Rescue is offering CERT training to all
interested Estero residents free of charge. Training
consist of a series of Saturday classes that will
consist of Disaster preparedness, Fire Suppression,
Disaster Medical Operations, Light Search and
Rescue, Disaster Psychology, Terrorism and CPR
Training and Certification. Each student will
participate in a final mock disaster drill at the
end of the class. Classes begin on September 8, 2007
at the Cascades clubhouse located at 9400 Cascades
Isle Blvd in Estero and begin at 9:00 am continuing until 5:00
pm. Classes are limited to 20 students. See the
complete schedule of classes for 2007 below. Please
contact Susan Lindenmuth, Public Relations Manager,
at 947-3473 for information and registration. |
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DATE |
TIME
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COURSE |
LOCATION |
ROOM |
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Cascades |
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9/8/07 |
0900-1700 |
CERT Organization/Incident Command
System/Disaster Preparedness |
Cascades |
Clubhouse |
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9/22/07 |
0900-1700 |
Disaster Medical Operations |
Cascades |
Clubhouse |
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10/6/07 |
0900-1700 |
Fire Suppression/Light Search & Rescue |
Cascades |
Clubhouse |
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10/20/07 |
0900-1700 |
Disaster Psychology/Terrorism |
Cascades |
Clubhouse |
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11/17/07 |
0900-1700 |
CPR Training & Certification |
Cascades |
Clubhouse |
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TBA |
0900-1700 |
Mock Disaster Drill |
TBA |
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Estero Fire Rescue....21500 Three Oaks Parkway, Estero FL 33928....PHONE: (239) 390-8000 |
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