Title: Community Emergency Response Team Training Neighbor Helping Neighbor
1Community Emergency Response TeamTrainingNeigh
bor Helping Neighbor
- Hurricane Preparedness Seminar
- Saturday, July 19, 2008
- Westshore Senior Center
2First Responders in the City of Tampa
- First Responder Per Capita in the City of Tampa
- 1 Firefighter for every 513.5 people
- 590 Firefighters/EMTs/Paramedics 303,000
citizens - 1 Police Officer for every 311.4 people
- 973 Police Officers 303,000 citizens
3Personal Preparedness
- How can you learn to help yourself when a major
disaster overwhelms emergency services? - CERT TRAINING
4 What is CERT?
- The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Program educates people about disaster
preparedness for hazards that may impact their
area. - In the event of a major disaster, CERT members
can assist others in their neighborhood or
workplace when professional responders are
overwhelmed.
5Citizen Corps
- Citizen Corps is the Department of Homeland
Security's nationwide grass-roots effort that
actively involves Americans in making communities
safer, stronger and better prepared for all
emergencies. - Areas of emphasis for volunteer efforts
- Crime
- Natural Disasters
- Terrorism
6Citizen Corps
- CERT
- Neighborhood Watch
- Medical Reserve Corps
- Fire Corps
- Volunteers in Police Service
7Citizen Corps
- Citizen Corps mission is to engage people in
every community via - Personal responsibility
- Training
- Volunteer service
8How does CERT benefit the community?
- If a disaster happens that overwhelms local
response capability, CERTs can give critical
support to their family, neighbors or associates
until help arrives. - When help does arrive, CERTs provide useful
information to responders and support their
efforts, as directed, at the disaster site.
9 How will CERT training prepare me for
Hurricane Season?
- CERT members are trained in basic disaster
response skills such as
10 How will CERT training prepare me for
Hurricane Season?
- Disaster Preparedness
- CERTs learn to be prepared by
- Identifying potential hazards in their homes and
workplaces. - Reducing hazards, where possible.
- Developing a disaster supply kit.
11 How will CERT training prepare me for
Hurricane Season?
12 How will CERT training prepare me for
Hurricane Season?
13 How will CERT training prepare me for
Hurricane Season?
- Disaster Medical Operations
14 How will CERT training prepare me for
Hurricane Season?
- Disaster Psychology
- Team Organization
- Terrorism and CERT
15What are the two most important things I can do?
- MAKE A KIT!!
- MAKE A PLAN!!
16Responding To a Disaster
- Q How can CERT members respond to a
disaster? - A Locate and turn off utilities, if safe.
- Extinguish small fires.
- Treat injuries.
- Conduct light search and rescue.
- Help to relieve survivor stress.
17Non-disaster CERT roles
- Q What can CERT members do?
- A Distribute preparedness materials.
- Support city mass casualty exercises.
- Assist with first aid at local events.
18CERT Training Continued Education
- Q Who provides CERT training?
- A Certified trainers from Tampa Fire Rescue
19CERT Training Continued Education
- Q What happens after I take the training?
- A Greater Tampa CERT holds monthly
continuing education meetings, participates in
local emergency response drills and provides
additional training and refresher courses
throughout the year
20Continuing Education Training
- Hurricane Preparedness
- Traffic Control
- CPR and Automated External Defibrillator use
- Bioreadiness
- Hazmat
- GPS training
- Ropes and Rappelling
- Terrorism
- Incident Command
- Quarterly exercises
- Sky Warn Storm Spotting
- Amateur Radio
- First Responder
21Are you prepared?
- You can take action now to help protect your
families, help reduce the impact an emergency has
on our lives, and help deal with the chaos if an
incident does occur.
22CERT Training Continued Education
- Q What is the commitment to CERT training?
- A The course involves 24 hours of FREE
training by Fire Rescue Personnel -
- Each trained graduate receives a certificate,
ID card and kit with essential disaster response
supplies
23How do I get CERT training?
- Call the Tampa Fire Training Academy at 242-5410
or email info_at_greatertampacert.com. - Check out our website at
- www.tampagov.net/cert