JaxCERT
In the event of a wide-spread natural disaster such as a hurricane or a man-made emergency such as a terrorist attack, it may take several days before emergency services reach your neighborhood and your family. Do you know how to ensure the safety of your family while waiting for help?
What is CERT?
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program is a national program that prepares people for emergency situations in their communities and neighborhoods. It was developed to bring citizens together and train them to recognize, respond and recover from a major emergency or disaster situation.
JaxCERT training provides Duval County residents basic disaster-response skills necessary to address the urgent needs of their community when professional first responders and emergency personnel are not immediately available.
Once trained, JaxCERT members are able to provide the following services to their neighborhoods:
- Increase their neighborhood's disaster preparedness.
- Assess damage after a disaster.
- Extinguish small fires and teach fire safety.
- Perform light search and rescue operations.
- Perform triage and provide minor medical service to the injured.
- Organize as a team.
2012 JaxCERT
The basic training series is held at the Duval County Emergency Operations Center at 515 North Julia Street in downtown Jacksonville. The series consists of eight classroom courses, followed by a field exercise and graduation ceremony at the Fire Academy. Twenty-five total training hours are required.
Class Schedules
Basic training includes:
- Program Orientation/Disaster Preparedness
- Disaster Fire Safety
- Disaster Medical Operations Part 1
- Disaster Medical Operations Part 2
- Light Search and Rescue Operations
- Terrorism/Communications
- Disaster Psychology/Team Organization
- Disaster Exercise
For more information, contact Claudia Scott 630-1182 or CDScott@coj.net