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What is CERT?

Disaster can strike when you Least expect it….. ARE YOU READY ?

MAKE A KIT of emergency supplies - Water and Food First Aid Kit Supply Checklist Special Need items MAKE A PLAN for what you will do in an Emergency- Create a Family Plan Decide whether to Stay or evacuate.

BE INFORMED about what might happen In any emergency situation.
BECOME A CERT MEMBER Sponsoring Agencies Each year, communities across The Bahamas are rocked by se- vere weather such as hurricanes, floods, sea surges or “man-made” disasters.

The damage caused by such disasters affect everyone.

Disasters can: Severely restrict and overwhelm emergency response resources, communications, transportation, and utilities; and Leave individuals and neighborhoods cut off from outside emergency support.
Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) are trained to take care of themselves and then help others in their communities.

The purpose of CERT training is to pro- vide citizens with the basic skills re- quired to handle their own needs and then be able to respond to their communities’ need in the af- termath of a disaster.
Community Emergency Response Team To register for a course, call NEMA Ph: (242)322-6081 /5 Fax: (242) 326-5456 E-mail: nema@bahamas.gov.bs Website Address www.bahamas.gov.bs/nema About CERT...

Most people are not prepared to deal with minor emergencies.

# After a major emergency, large numbers of citizens will offer to help.

Unfortu- nately, without proper training, these peo- ple can expose themselves to potential injury or death.
# Properly trained citizens can become a tremendous resources to an emergency response.

# NEMA maintains a citizen training pro- gram known as CERT (Community Emergency Response Team).

This pro- gram is designed to focus on hurricanes, flooding and other major emergencies common to this area.

# CERT training promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people that they serve.
# The goal is for emergency personnel to train members of neighborhoods, com- munity organizations, or workplaces in basic response skills.

CERT members are then integrated into the emergency re- sponse capability for their area.

BE PREPARED ... # If a disastrous event overwhelms or delays the The CERT course is taught by certified in- community’s professional responses, CERT members can assist others by applying the basic response and organizational skills that they learned during training.
These skills can help save and sustain lives following a disaster until help arrives.

# CERT skills also apply to daily emergencies.

CERT members maintain and refine their skills structors and consists of 8 modules.

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1 Disaster Preparedness Introduction to disasters, impact of disas- ters on infrastructures, the role of CERT in disaster response.

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2 Disaster Fire Suppression Identifying and reducing potential fire haz- ards, basic fire suppression strategy, re- sources, and techniques.
by participating in exercises and activities.

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3 Disaster Medical - Part 1 can attend supplemental training opportunities offered by the sponsoring agency and others that further their skills base.

Treatment strategies for life-threatening conditions and principles of triage.

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4 Disaster Medical - Part 2 Head-to-toe assessments, treatment for various injuries.

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5 Light Search and Rescue Techniques for size-up and search, lifting, cribbing and removing victims, rescuer safety.

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6 Operations Learn concepts, disaster psychology, shel- ter management, damage assessment and documentation.

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7 Team Organization Personal readiness, equipment , organizing and deploying your team.

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8 Group Simulation Exercise and Graduation