Oxford County
Emergency Management Agency
PO Box 179, 26 Western Avenue
South Paris ME 04281
Ph 207-743-6336 FAX 207-743-7346
oxctyema@megalink.net
Office hours: Monday through Friday 8am-4pm
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CERT Overviewv Session I, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: Addresses hazards to which people are vulnerable in their community. Materials cover actions that participants and their families take before, during, and after a disaster. As the session progresses, the instructor begins to explore an expanded response role for civilians in that they should begin to consider themselves disaster workers. Since they will want to help their family members and neighbors, this training can help them operate in a safe and appropriate manner. The CERT concept and organization are discussed as well as applicable laws governing volunteers in that jurisdiction. v Session II, DISASTER FIRE SUPPRESSION: Briefly covers fire chemistry, hazardous materials, fire hazards, and fire suppression strategies. However, the thrust of this session is the safe use of fire extinguishers, sizing up the situation, controlling utilities, and extinguishing a small fire. v Session III, DISASTER MEDICAL OPERATIONS PART I: Participants practice diagnosing and treating airway obstruction, bleeding, and shock by using simple triage and rapid treatment techniques. v Session IV, DISASTER MEDICAL OPERATIONS, PART II: Covers evaluating patients by doing a head to toe assessment, establishing a medical treatment area, performing basic first aid, and practicing in a safe and sanitary manner. v Session V, LIGHT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS: Participants learn about search and rescue planning, size-up, search techniques, rescue techniques, and most important, rescuer safety. v Session VI, CERT ORGANIZATION: Covers how to organize and deploy volunteer resources according to CERT organizational principles. How to protect your own safety and your buddy’s during search and rescue. Strategies for documenting situation and resource status. v Session VII, DISASTER PSYCHOLOGY: Covers signs and symptoms that might be experienced by the disaster victim and worker. v Session VIII, TERRORISM AND CERT: Covers the definition of terrorism and terrorist goals. The weapons that terrorists are known or are suspected to have and the risk posed by various terrorist weapons. Cues that help to identify when a terrorist attack has occurred or may be imminent. CERT protocols for terrorist incidents and protective action following an event. v Session IX, COURSE REVIEW AND DISASTER SIMULATION: Participants review the contents of each previous session. Finally, they practice the skills that they have learned during the previous eight sessions in disaster activity. |
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