CERT: What Will I Learn?

People who participate in CERT training will have a better understanding of potential disaster threats to their home, workplace and community. If a disaster occurs that overwhelms local emergency response capabilities, trained CERT members can apply their training to give critical support to family, neighbors and co-workers until professional help arrives.

Classroom and hands-on training modules will cover the following topics:

Unit 1 | Unit 2 | Unit 3 | Unit 4 | Unit 5 | Unit 6 | Unit 7 | Unit 8 | Unit 9 | WUI

UNIT 1 - Disaster Preparedness | Back to Top

• Introductions & Course Preview
• Recent Disasters & Emergencies
• Disasters and Disaster Workers
• Impact on the Infrastructure
• Structural and Nonstructural Hazards
• Hazard Mitigation
• Home and Workplace Preparedness
• Community Preparedness
• Protection for Disaster Workers

UNIT 2 - Fire Safety | Back to Top

• Fire Chemistry
• Reducing Fire Hazards in the Home & Workplace
• Hazardous Materials
• CERT Sizeup
• Firefighting Resources
• Fire Suppression Safety

UNIT 3 - Disaster Medical Operations, Part One | Back to Top

• Treating Life-Threatening Conditions
• Triage

UNIT 4 - Disaster Medical Operations, Part Two | Back to Top

• Public Health Considerations
• Functions of Disaster Medical Operations
• Establishing Treatment Areas
• Conducting Heat-to-Toe Assessments
• Treating Burns
• Wound Care
• Treating Fractures, Dislocations, Sprains, and Strains
• Splinting
• Nasal Injuries
• Treating Hypothermia

UNIT 5 - Light Search and Rescue Operations | Back to Top

• Search and Rescue Sizeup
• Conducting Search Operations
• Conducting Rescue Operations

UNIT 6 - CERT Organization | Back to Top

• CERT Organization
• CERT Decisionmaking
• Documentation

UNIT 7 - Disaster Psychology | Back to Top

• Team Well-Being
• Working with Survivors' Trauma

UNIT 8 - Terrorism and CERT | Back to Top

• What is Terrorism?
• Terrorist Targets
• Terrorist Weapons
• B-NICE Indicators
• Preparing at Work and Home
• CERTs and Terrorist Incidents

UNIT 9 - Course Review & Disaster Simulation | Back to Top

• Course Review
• Disaster Simulation

WUI MODULE - The Wildland Urban Interface | Back to Top

• Fire Behavior and the Wildland Environment
• The Approaching Wildfire
• Wildland Fire Preparedness and Basic Concepts

If you have questions regarding the RSF CERT Program,please email us, or call Captain Chris Mertz at 858-756-5971 ext. 149.