Anyone heard of CERT?
Our local Fire Department wants to start up a CERT in our city and is giving free training classes and backpacks for it. I am thinking of doing it.
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If you e-mail me you email address I can put you in touch with my brother. He is a Charlotte Firefighter who works on the Rescue Truck at his station and will be promoted to Captin very soon.
I am sure he would know a bit about it.0 -
We have one set up around here. It was started by the Emergency Management (Civil Defence) people in the county. I have gotten to teach the Fire chapter for the last two groups and imagine I will be doing it for all of the ones to come. From what I've seen of the program I think it is an OK thing to do and could help out the Emergency Services in the event of an emergency. I added a lot to the Fire chapter, stuff that I hope will keep them from hurting themselves or someone else.
I don't know what else they are taught but I would say go for it.
I think we have one or two CERT members here, I remember seeing the CERT patch in their signature lines.0 -
that's a single breath mint, isn't it? 0 -
Down here in florida we have medics also trained in SWAT tactics. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by SuburbanNoize
Down here in florida we have medics also trained in SWAT tactics.
Around here we do also. They are either EMT's, Paramedics or Firefighters/EMT's that are with the SWAT teams to take care of the Good Guys and unfortunately the bad guys.
This is totally different than the CERT program however.0 -
yea i know man, i just thought that was pretty cool, they should get two paychecks! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by buschmaster
that's a single breath mint, isn't it?
I say it's a candy mint [:D]0 -
I took the CERT training offered by FEMA to State Guard members. My brother went on to take the CERT instructor training offered by Dept. of Homeland Security.
I learned a bit but most of it was pretty basic. Some of it seemed a bit bureaucratic ie. It would take a crew of 5 men an hour to pull somebody out of a collapsed house if you did it their way when a couple of guys with common sense could do the same task in five minutes.0 -
quote:Originally posted by SuburbanNoize
yea i know man, i just thought that was pretty cool, they should get two paychecks!
Some of them don't get paid for any of it, training 1-2 times a month and then any call-outs. Lots also end up spending their own money on gear and supplies to take care of their guys.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Smokeeater 38
Some of them don't get paid for any of it, training 1-2 times a month and then any call-outs. Lots also end up spending their own money on gear and supplies to take care of their guys.
Sounds like our local Police Auxiliary 8 years I have been in. Paid for my amber lights, paid for my magnets, paid for my traffic vests, flashlights. They provided a uniform. Originally had to buy a CB and use channel 25, now they took some radios from the detective division and officers that got laid off so we have our own channel. They give us below 30 cents a mile and limit us to 40 miles a day for call outs. And we are volunteer so we get no money to go out for storms and stuff.0 -
It is basically a civilian training program. The intent is to train people to do first response before the true first responders get to the site. The idea is that there are enough trained people in the community to step up and take charge of their neighborhood response during natural disasters giving the rescue services abd police time to get there. They are also trained to assist rescue services and police with non hazardous tasks such as traffic and light crowd control so highly trained personel can be better utilized. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dakotashooter2
It is basically a civilian training program. The intent is to train people to do first response before the true first responders get to the site. The idea is that there are enough trained people in the community to step up and take charge of their neighborhood response during natural disasters giving the rescue services abd police time to get there. They are also trained to assist rescue services and police with non hazardous tasks such as traffic and light crowd control so highly trained personel can be better utilized.
Well I get called out with the Auxiliary for storms and such so it might be a conflict or it might just be better training.0 -
I'm on the Emergency Response Team (Medical/Trauma) and HazMat Rescue Team (Chemical Release, small fire, tactical rescue.
Both are State Certifications through my job, I rarely respond outside of the plant however.
Training is TONS of fun, and you'll learn to life changing skills and information. I recommend everyone to take the Basic Life Support courses. Some people will just never know what to do, others will freak out and go scatterbrained when the time comes, we even have a few on the team like that.
I don't get paid for it and have actually spent a couple hundred bucks on EMT kits for each of the vehicles. I'm really glad I have them as I've responded to a Blazer/concrete building collision. It was a pretty brutal wreck, but I was there about 10 min before the Paramedics.0
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