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Greetings everyone,  ANC 7B01 will be offering Disaster Preparedness Training for the Community at the UPO Community Service Center located at 1649 Good Hope Rd. S.E. on Saturday:  March 13, 20 and concluding on April 3 from 9:00 a.m. - 3;00 p.m.  EVERYONE IS WELCOME!  There will be free Coffee and Danish in the morning and I have the pleasure of thanking the Anacostia Coordinating Council for providing a free lunch.

 

It is most important that we learn to prepare for impending disaster especially after seeing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the devastating earthquake that shook Haiti and more recently Chili.  Our own snow storms put us in the survival mode here in D.C.  This training is full of information and the class descriptions are listed below.  Let's train to be prepared to assist our family members, our neighbors and our community in the case of disaster.  Disaster happens!

 

And please let's encourage the young men in our communities to take this training this will be good training to add to their resumes'

 

SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER SOON!

 

TO REGISTER:  Please respond to this email with your name, address and contact phone.  Or you may call me at 202-907-5990.  You will receive a reminder prior to the class date.

 

Thank you for your participation,

Commissioner Holly Muhammad

202-907-5990

 

CERT Training Classes Description

The DC Citizen Corps program provides CERT training to individuals who live or work in the District of Columbia. The purpose of this initiative is to provide citizens with emergency preparedness training to better prepare themselves, their families, and their communities to handle emergencies. CERT is a 20-hour course. The following is an overview of each unit.

Unit 1: Disaster Preparedness

  • What defines a disaster and who makes up the response workforce
  • The impact of disasters on infrastructure
  • Structural and nonstructural hazards
  • Hazard mitigation
  • Home and workplace preparedness
  • Community preparedness
  • Protection for disaster workers

Unit 2: Fire Safety

  • Fire chemistry
  • Fire hazards
  • Fire safety
  • Portable fire extinguishers
  • Fire suppression safety
  • Hazardous materials

Units 3: Disaster Medical Operations-Part 1

  • How to recognize and treat an airway obstruction, bleeding, and shock
  • Principles of triage and how to conduct triage evaluations

Unit 4: Disaster Medical Operations-Part 2

  • Public health considerations
  • Functions of disaster medical operations
  • Disaster medical treatment areas
  • Patient evaluation
  • Basic treatment

Unit 5: Light Search and Rescue Operations 

  • Search and rescue sizeup
  • Conducting Search operations
  • Conducting rescue operations

Unit 6: CERT Organization

  • CERT organization
  • Rescuer safety
  • Documentation
  • Team organization

Unit 7: Disaster Psychology

  • The psychological impact of a disaster on rescuers and victims, and how to provide “psychological first aid” 
  • Caring for yourself, your buddy, and victims

Unit 8: Terrorism and CERT

  • What terrorism is
  • Terrorist weapons
  • B-NICE indicators
  • CERTs and terrorist incidents

At the completion of all eight units, participants will receive a certificate of completion, a CERT disaster kit, CERT vest and hard hat
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