City of Hampton, Division of Fire and Rescue, CERT Programs

What Does the Course Involve?

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What Does the Course Involve? The course consists of 9 classes including National Incident Management System. (Each class is about 2 1/2 hours) Classes are taught by qualified instructors, including firefighters, paramedics, and emergency management staff

Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
Class 7
Class 8

Information

CLASS 1 - DISASTER PREPAREDNESS - Introduction to disasters, impact of disasters infrastructures, hazards posed by buildings and nonstructural items, the role of CERT in disaster response.

CLASS 2 - DISASTER FIRE SUPPRESSION - Fire suppression strategy, forfeiting resources, forfeiting techniques.

CLASS 3 - DISASTER MEDICAL OPERATIONS, PART I - Treatment strategies for life threatening conditions and principles of triage.

CLASS 4 - DISASTER MEDICAL OPERATIONS, PART II - Head to toe assessments, treatment for head wounds, treatment for fractures, sprains, burns and other injuries.

CLASS 5 - LIGHT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS - Search and rescue priorities and resources, techniques for size-up and search, lifting, cribbing and removing victims, rescuer safety.

CLASS 6 - DISASTER PSYCHOLOGY/TERRORISM AND TEAM ORGANIZATION - The post-disaster emotional environment, the Incident command system, CERT strategies, tactics, and documentation.

CLASS 7 - TERRORISM AND CERT - Apply the Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) principles to a suspected terrorism scenario. Define terrorism using the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) definition. Identify possible terrorism targets within your community. Define the terms Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, and Explosive (B-NICE). Identify the characteristics of B-NICE weapons. Identify actions to take following a suspected terrorism event.

CLASS 8 - COURSE REVIEW AND DISASTER SIMULATION EXERCISE - This is a disaster simulation and is designed to put into use the skills and information learned in the previous classes. All previous CERT graduates are welcome to attend.