Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training Course

Support your community in becoming more resilient by getting trained to voluntarily respond to disasters and emergencies. The national CERT Programme has been actively training communities to take ownership of their disaster situations until professional help arrives. 

What you will learn:

• Types of hazards most likely to affect your homes and communities
• The function of CERT and your role in immediate response
• How to prepare you and your neighbours for a disaster
• Identify and reduce potential fire hazards in your homes and workplaces
• Work as a team to apply basic fire suppression to extinguish small fires
• How to use basic first aid for various injuries
• How to apply techniques for opening airways, controlling bleeding, and treating shock
• How to conduct triage, perform head-to-toe assessments, and to set up a treatment area
• Identify planning and size-up requirements for potential search and rescue situations
• Common techniques for searching a structure
• Safe techniques for debris removal and victim extrication
• Ways to protect rescuers during search and rescue
• Proper way to build a sandbag wall

When:

The CERT training will be delivered in four (4) 2 to 3-hour sessions:

• Saturday 11th March 2023 
• Sunday 12th March 2023 – Disaster Medical Operations 1 & 2 (In Person)
• Saturday 18th March 2023 – Fire Safety & Light Search and Rescue (In Person)
• Sunday 19th March 

Final Exam

Upon completion of the training modules, you will be given a link to access the final examination. In addition, you will experience a live CERT Simulation that will bring together all the training elements, and skills. It is meant to solidify your understanding of how CERTs function in disaster response. The date is to be confirmed for the virtual CERT Simulation.

Volunteer Profile

The ideal volunteer for participation in the CERT Training Programme is:

• Committed to providing voluntary service by responding to disasters and emergencies
• Of good physical fitness and capable to participating in the skill sessions
• Willing to lead and be led
• A good communicator
• A role model in their community who is willing to share disaster preparedness information