Local CERT Classes Coming!
Join with Lake Hollywood Estates residents for a 7 week Community Emergency Response Training course. It will take a positive response from 20-25 people in order to make sure this happens. In the event of a disaster, we will need to take care of each other as the city's resources will be stretched rather thin and they will need to be focused on areas of more density. Emergency Response Notice January will be the beginning of this training if you respond now! Please contact Sheila Irani at 323-467-4067 or pathcom@pacbell.net. Be sure to include phone and email contact information. If you're in the Village tomorrow, come to the Beachwood Canyon Neighborhood Association Outreach Table in front of the Beachwood Market and sign up for these classes. We will transfer that info to Sheila to help make these classes possible! We'll be there from 9 am to 5 pm. Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
In Los Angeles, there are more than four million people in the city every day, whether they're residents or visitors. Thankfully, the city has not suffered the types of catastrophic earthquake, flood, and other FEMA categorized events that can bring a city to its knees. To ensure that the population has the best possible chance of surviving a disaster and thriving afterward, the LAFD supports and trains residents to be disaster first responders. The program is called Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT.
Who can Join CERT? Anyone in good health and with a sense of community can become a part of CERT. If you become a CERT member, you will learn about important life-safety support techniques. You will, however, not be expected to place yourself in dangerous situations, either in the training or when a disaster strikes. Training includes: - Learning to suppress small fires
- Basic first aid, including ABC treatment, treatment for shock, and related techniques
- Evacuation tactics and how to collaborate with city agencies to support neighborhood exits
- Search tactics
- Communications, including the use of radios
A key factor for CERT members is the ability to spontaneously organize and activate themselves in the event of a major disaster. What is Involved in Becoming a CERT Member? CERT members receive 17 ½ hours (one day a week for seven weeks) of initial training. The 7-week course is followed by full-day bi-annual refresher drills, and an opportunity to assist the LAFD at local incidents. CERT training is provided free of charge within the City of Los Angeles to anyone 18 or over. Contact Information: CERT Unit www.cert-la.com LAFDCERT@sbcglobal.net
Disaster Preparedness Section
Los Angeles Fire Department
5021 North Sepulveda Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 818.756.9674 [ Direct Line ] 818.756.9681 [ Fax ]
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