Community Emergency Response Team training to begin April 2

The City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is offering their second round of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) classes for neighborhoods, community organizations and workplaces starting April 2. The free classes are taught by OEM emergency personnel and cover basic emergency response skills.

“Community leaders, particularly those working with homeowner associations may wish to build more community spirit and enhance cooperation when disasters happen – such as a public health emergency and severe weather events,” said Director of Emergency Management Rocky Vaz.

CERT training sessions will cover disaster preparedness, light search and rescue, team organization, disaster psychology, terrorism and CERT, fire safety, disaster medical operations and more.

Here’s the schedule of classes:

Saturday April 2
Dallas Fire-Rescue Training Academy, 5000 Dolphin Rd., Dallas, TX 75223
8-10 a.m. | Unit 1 Disaster Preparedness
10-11:15 a.m. | Unit 2 Fire Safety
11:15 a.m. – noon | Lunch
12-5 p.m. | Unit 3 Disaster Medical Operations Part 1
Unit 4 Disaster Medical Operations Part 2

Saturday April 16
Dallas Fire-Rescue Training Academy, 5000 Dolphin Road, Dallas, TX 75223
8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Unit 9 Course Review & Disaster Simulation

Classes can also be designed for a specific neighborhood and scheduled at convenient days, times and locations. Each class must include at least 10 participants; appropriate time to complete all sessions is 24 hours and all sessions are required to be completed for certification.

For more information contact Cassandra Wallace at (214) 671-8969 or [email protected].
To learn more about CERT and to sign up for any of the above classes visit http://www.dallascert.com/training.

DOWNLOAD THE CERT RESOURCES

Dallas CERT Program Waiver and Release
Dallas CERT Registration
CERT Brochure