If you are looking for a way to get some Emergency Preparedness Training as well as serve your community by helping out duringg an emergency or training and educating people about Emergency Preparedness you might want to consider checking out your local CERT. They also have a free online course located here: http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/IS317/ Both the online course and the hands-on course taught in your local area go over how CERTs are organized and itneract with first responders, fire safety, hazardous material and terrorist incidents, disaster medical operations and search and rescue. I've taken the online course and I'm pretty impressed. I like the idea of the CERTs. Basically you first take care of yourself and your family, then work outward to your neightborhood, then your city, and then your county. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community.
More Info: http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/
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