The Mid America TEEN CERT program is offering an Adult and Teen CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training course to assist local emergency services and the communities of St. Charles County and surrounding areas in case of an emergency or a disaster.
The training is being offered free of charge to anyone 12 years and older, including adults, and will be held at St. Charles Community College, located at 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peters, beginning Thursday, March 8, 2012 and continuing for six consecutive Thursday evenings through April 12. Each class will last four hours from 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm.
Since 2009, residents of the community have expressed concerns about real and perceived issues with fire and police. Joining a CERT or TEEN CERT program is a great opportunity to go from talk to action and to become part of the solution.
Unit One, “Disaster Preparedness”, prepares you for the emergency situation. Unit Two, “Fire Safety”, gives you the fundamentals to survive in the event there is a fire. Unit Three, “Disaster Medical Operations 1”, teaches triage and treating life-threatening injuries, and Unit Four, “Disaster Medical Operations 2”, deals with assessment, treatment and hygiene.
Unit Five, “Light Search and Rescue”, trainees will learn the fundamentals of operations and size up. Unit Six, “CERT Organization”, deals with organizing and deploying team members safely and efficiently. Unit Seven, “Disaster Psychology / Special Needs Considerations”, trainees will learn how to care both physically and mentally for themselves, people with special needs, their friends and the victims in a disaster situation; Unit Eight, “Terrorism and CERT”, trainees will deal with what terrorism is and what to do to help themselves and their country. The last session is a final exercise, which is a hands-on practical simulation to demonstrate the comprehensive skills taught during the course.
Anyone wanting more information about the CERT / TEEN CERT training can visit http://groupspaces.com/SCCTC/ or Facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/MIDAMERICATEENCERT/. To sign up for the class at St. Charles Community College, please contact Mid America TEEN CERT program director Mark Rosenblum at mark.rosenblum@juno.com or call (314) 680-0791.
