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General Community Emergency Response Teams
2012 CERT Training Dates
You must attend all days!
April 21 - 8am to 5pm
April 22 - 1pm to 5pm
April 28 - 8am to 5pm
April 29 - 1pm to 3:30pm
Location: Southside Fire Station - Grove Point Road, Savannah
Limited seats are available per class.
Interested volunteers please complete the online application attached below and a representative from CEMA will contact you in the upcoming weeks via email.
How can you become a CERT Volunteer?
Click here to complete your online CERT Volunteer application now!
Participants of the CERT course may only miss two classes which they must make up at a later date.
Contact Kelly Foster at klfoster@chathamcounty.org for additional information regarding CERT classes or visit the Chatham County CERT website.
Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) are about readiness, people helping people, rescuer safety, and doing the greatest good for the greatest number. CERT is a positive and realistic approach to emergency and disaster situations where citizens will be initially on their own and their actions can make a difference. Through training, citizens can manage utilities and put out small fires; treat the three killers by opening airways, controlling bleeding, and treating for shock; provide basic medical aid; search for and rescue victims safely; and organize themselves and spontaneous volunteers to be effective during an emergency.
Community Emergency Response Team Training is available in our region!
Chatham County Citizens Corps Council was formed as part of a National and statewide effort designed to help individuals and neighborhoods prepare for and respond to catastrophic disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and other major emergencies.
CERT Volunteers are specifically needed to provide support to local agencies and to help with large scale urban shelters in case of future emergency needs!!
CERT training will teach participants to:
• Indentify and reduce potential fire hazards in their homes and workplaces
• Apply basic fire suppression strategies, resources and safety measures
• Apply techniques for opening airways, controlling bleeding and treating shock
• Conduct triage under simulated conditions
• Select and set up treatment areas
• Employ basic treatments for various wounds
• Identify planning and size-up requirements for potential search and rescue situations
• Use safe techniques for debris removal and victim extraction
Community Emergency Response Team Training is available in our region!
Chatham County Citizens Corps Council was formed as part of a National and statewide effort designed to help individuals and neighborhoods prepare for and respond to catastrophic disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and other major emergencies.
CERT Volunteers are specifically needed to provide support to local agencies and to help with large scale urban shelters in case of future emergency needs!!
Even more information is available at www.citizencorps.gov/cert/
