Training

The next scheduled CERT class is in Hawthorne, starting October 26, 2024. See Events for details.

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program is an all-risk, all-hazard training. This valuable course is designed to help you protect yourself, your family, your neighbors and your neighborhood in an emergency situation.

CERT is a positive and realistic approach to emergency and disaster situations where citizens may initially be on their own and their actions can make a difference. While people will respond to others in need without the training, one goal of the CERT program is to help them do so effectively and efficiently without placing themselves in unnecessary danger. In the CERT training, citizens learn to:

  • Manage utilities and put out small fires
  • Treat the three medical killers by opening airways, controlling bleeding, and treating for shock
  • Provide basic medical aid
  • Search for and rescue victims safely
  • Organize themselves and spontaneous volunteers to be effective
  • Collect disaster intelligence to support first responder efforts

TRAINING SCHEDULE

The approved CERT Course is a 20 hour course and is provided at no charge to our communities through grants from the Department of Homeland Security, the state of California and LA County. In order to complete CERT Certification students must complete the entire 20 hour course. You may make up missed classes during other CERT Courses anywhere in LA County based on availability. Visit the LA County Fire Department web site at fire.lacounty.gov for more details. We schedule basic CERT training sessions.

Basic training consists of three comprehensive training sessions which include demonstrations and exercises:

Session I

Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Fire Suppression
Disaster Medical Operations I

Session II

Disaster Medical Operations II
Light Search and Rescue
Disaster Psychology

Session III

CERT Organization
Terrorism
Review and Simulation

ALL CLASSES MUST BE ATTENDED TO RECEIVE A COURSE CERTIFICATE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OTHER GOVERNMENT SPONSORED CERT CLASSES CAN ATTEND ANY OF THE SCHEDULED TRAINING MODULES TO COMPLETE THE COURSE.

To sign up for a course, contact:

E-mail: Georgiann Keller at gk1319@yahoo.com
Phone:
Please include name, phone number and email address.