By: Greg St. James, Montgomery County CERT
Montgomery County Fire Rescue Service is happy to announce
registration is open for our Spring 2012 Basic Community Emergency Response
Training (CERT) class. CERT helps you
prepare your family, your neighborhood, and your workplace for emergencies and
disasters. Topics include CPR/First Aid, Fire Safety, Search and Rescue, Pet
Preparedness, Family Disaster Kits, Incident Management, and Terrorism
Awareness. Montgomery County CERT stresses hands on practical training taught
by professional EMT’s, Firefighters, Educators, and International Disaster
Responders.
CERT training is free to county residents 18 and older, and
takes place twice a week over the course of month. Students are required to
attend all sessions to receive a FEMA
certificate of completion.. The Spring 2012 class will take place in
Gaithersburg on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings from March 14, through
April 28, 2012 with a break included for the spring Holidays. CERT
operates on a first come basis for a limited number of seats. To learn
more please click HERE.
1 comment:
A great training highly recommend it, since training have been called on a few assignments. I also got to interact w other volunteers at the monthly presentations which were also very educational.
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