Welcome To
CERT Conference UCAB Powerpoint
Click here to go to the National CERT site.
Earthquake!!
Wells, Nevada
Feb. 21, 2008
Photos
What is CERT?
What do CERT Teams do in an
Emergency?
How does CERT Help the Community?
City and County CERT Program Managers Listing
Train-the-Trainer Class Schedules
None Currently Scheduled
Community Fair Events
May 10 - Viewmont HS - Bountiful, UT
CERT Success Stories:
CERT Teams find Missing Child
CERT Training Pays Off
CERT Programs Around Utah:
CERT
Class Schedules
Click here for a schedule of planned CERT classes.
Click here to view the Be Ready.Utah calendar for more information on each class .
Click on weekly or monthly view for the month of the class
All Classes will use the CERT Participant Manual,
printed June 2003, as a student text.
| Class Training Units |
| 1. Disaster Preparation |
| 2. Fire Suppression |
| 3. Medical 1 |
| 4. Medical 2 |
| 5. Search and Rescue |
| 6. Team Management |
| 7. Disaster Psychology |
| 8. Terrorism |
| 9. Review |
Number of Utah Residents
Trained in 2006, 2007 and 2008(CERT Trainers:
Please report the number of Utah residents that you have CERT trained in 2006, 2007 and 2008 to lnisbet.utah.gov.)
Click the city above to see the photos.
Send photos of your CERT team in action to lstuart@utah.gov 801-538-8744.
Click on the title above to see the photos.
Send photos of your CERT team in action to lstuart@utah.gov 801-538-8744.
Certificates
for
Completion of CERT TrainingA beatiful 8 1/2" x 11" color certificate, signed by Utah's Lt. Governor, is available from the Utah Commission on Volunteers office. Email an Excel file with three columns containing first, last (names), and (graduation) date to lnisbet@utah.gov at least three weeks before your graduation date. The certificates will be printed and returned to you by mail. Please include your postal mail address for mail return of the certififcates.
What is CERT?
CERT is a training program that prepares you to help yourself, your family, and your neighbors in the event of a disaster.
During an incident, emergency service personnel may not be able to reach everyone right away.By being trained in CERT, you will have the skills to help emergency responders to save lives and protect property.
As a member of a CERT team, you can respond to disasters, participate in drills and exercises, and take additional training. CERT teams are known and trusted resources to emergency responders and their communities.
In 95% of all emergencies, the victim or bystander provides the first immediate assistance on the scene.
Would you know what to do?
CERT training takes about 20 hours to complete
and provides critical skills in emergency preparedness
and response.Participants learn how to:
- Identify and anticipate hazards.
- Reduce fire hazards in the home and workplace.
- Extinguish small fires.
- Assist emergency responders.
- Conduct light search and rescue.
- Setup medical treatment areas.
- Apply basic medical techniques.
- Help reduce survivor stress.
Who should take CERT training?
- People interested in taking an active role in hometown preparedness.
- Neighborhood Watch Groups
- Community Leaders
- Parents
- Communities of Faith
- Scouting and youth organizations.
- Students, teachers, and administrators.
- Members of clubs and civic organizations.
and CERT
CERT provides training in emergency preparedness and in basic response techniques to local trainers who in turn train citizens to enable them to take a more active role in personal and public safety.
After training, community residents should affiliate with one of the other Citizen Corps programs, i.e., Neighborhood Watch, Volunteers In Police Service (VIPS), Fire Corp or Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). In this way, the CERT training can pay dividends in preparation for emergency and residents can be involved in day-to-day volunteer service and security to their communities.
Citizen Corps Program Logos
Go to the www.citizencorps.utah.gov home page or click on the logo of your choice for more information on these programs.
CERT is an integral part of Citizen Corps, the grass roots movement that actively involves everyone in making our communities and our nation safer, stronger, and better prepared. The purpose of Citizen Corps is to help create opportunities for individuals to volunteer to help their communities prepare for and respond to emergencies by bringing together local leaders, citizen volunteers, and a network of first responder organizations; such as fire departments, and emergency personnel. Those in the Neighborhood Watch program are involved in day-to-day security of their communities..
All over America, communities have organized Citizen Corps Councils to inspire people to take action and get involved. To learn more about CERT and other Citizen Corps programs in your area, visit www.citizencorps.utah.gov frequently. The goal of Citizen Corps is to have all citizens participate in making their communities stronger, and better prepared for preventing and handling threats of terrorism, crime, and disasters of all kinds.
No matter where you live, no matter who you are,
we all have a role in hometown preparedness.
What role will you play?
North Salt Lake Hires New Emergency Manager
North Salt Lake has hired Ryan Frandsen as the new city part-time Emergency Manager.
Ryan has lived in NSL for 10 years, is married and has two children. He works full-time for the South Davis Metro Fire Agency and has been with them for eight years, six of those years as a paramedic. Last year, Ryan was awarded the Paramedic of the Year Award for the State of Utah. He has an Associates of Fire Science; a Bachelor’s of Emergency Medical Services degree and is about 2/3 done with his MBA Degree.
Currently, Ryan is a Captain and is working at Station 82 in North Salt Lake, where the city offices are located.
Ryan’s main priority as Emergency Manager for the city is to create an emergency plan for the city to outline how it will handle a large scale disaster within NSL city limits. He is also working on how to prepare the city and its citizens for this type of disaster and will accomplish this, in part, through training exercises with different volunteer agencies and the city administration personnel.
Another priority Ryan will be working on is coordinating and improving the efforts of different volunteer services, including the Citizen Corps programs: CERT, Neighborhood Watch, Medical Reserve Corps and also the affiliated Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES). In the near future, he will be letting citizens know how they can become involved.
Ryan plans on updating the city web site so that it will be a citizen’s one-stop place for emergency preparedness needs. He says whether it is something to prepare yourself, your home, neighborhood, or help the city, it will be on there. He is planning to list everything from 72-hour kits to needed food supplies, financial preparedness, and volunteering for Neighborhood Watch duties.
Several emergency preparedness fairs are also in the planning stages and Ryan is planning to have presentations at each fair. He will also be available to talk to groups about emergency preparedness.
Ryan is also very busy with his work; he says he will be available 24/7 to help the city through any emergency.
A South Davis County Emergency Preparedness Fair will be held May 10 at Viewmont High School for residents of North Salt Lake, Bountiful, Woods Cross, West Bountiful and Centerville. Residents of other cities are also invited.
Web site designed by
Lon Stuart,
VISTA Volunteer,
Utah Commission on Volunteers,
324 South State St., 5th Flr,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Contact:lnisbet.utah.gov
What do CERT Teams do in an Emergency?
Under direction of local emergency responders, CERT teams help provide critical support by giving immediate assistance to victims, providing damage assessment information, and organizing other volunteers at a disaster site.
Volunteers trained in CERT also offer a potential workforce for performing duties such as shelter support, crowd control, and evacuation. The role of a CERT volunteer is to help others until trained emergency personnel arrive.
How does
CERT help the Community?
CERT teams also help the community year-round by helping with community emergency plans, neighborhood exercises, preparedness outreach, fire safety education, and workplace safety. In addition to supporting emergency responders during a disaster, the CERT program builds strong working relationships between emergency responders and the people they serve.
CERT Program
Follow these links to learn the seven steps to starting a CERT program in your area:
Maintaining a CERT Program
CERT Resources
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Web Links (National CERT web site)
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Utah CERT Web Links
CERT Success Stories:
Sunset CERT Teams Aid
Search for Missing Child
On November 22, 2007, a child was reported missing in Sunset, Utah. The Sunset police department searched for the child for three hours.
At 9 p.m. that evening, the Sunset CERT teams were called upon to help search the city. The CERT members responded to the call immediately.
When the CERT members arrived at the command center, Assistant Chief Weston and Police Sergeant Arbogast were there to give directions to the CERT teams. Each team was given a briefing, a picture of the child, and an area in the city to search.
With this information, teams of two left the command center, and began to knock on doors in their assigned area of the city.
Within about ten to fifteen minutes, the child was found unharmed by one of the CERT teams.
Congratulations to the Sunset CERT teams and another example of how the CERT team can serve in a community.
CERT Training Pays Off
in North Salt Lake Fire
John Blackham, North Salt Lake resident, tells how he reacted because of his CERT training when a spent fire work landed in a large city trash container on his rear deck and threatened two cans containing gasoline for his lawn mower during the evening of July 4th, 2007 …
In his own words –
“We had a fire tonight that damaged our deck (see attached pictures). Apparently, a spent firework caught the contents of our city garbage can on fire and then caught our deck and a gas can (for our lawnmower) on fire. I was able to keep the entire deck from going up with the hose until the fire department arrived and put out the gasoline fire with foam.
I can attest that CERT training works! That training started running through my mind the second I saw the flames. I knew I had 30 seconds or less before things got out of control.
I told my wife to call 911 NOW and tell them we have a deck fire with possible gas cans involved.
I Looked for our fire extinguisher in a closet for 3-5 seconds, but couldn't find it (it had been moved to the other closet).
I ran out of the front door, grabbed a hose, turned on the water full blast. Unfortunately, the hose only reached half way around house. I dropped the hose at full run and got to the deck. I spent one second evaluating whether I could get around the fire safely to the back yard hose. It looked safe.
I ran around fire to the backyard, disconnected the sprinkler, turned the water on full, and started attacking the 12-foot flames.
The gas can was on fire and spraying the gas only spread the flames, so I focused on the wooden deck and kept the fire from spreading. (See Fire 2 and Fire 4) Most of the damage was sustained by the stairs. The gasoline cans were located below the stairs.
I knocked down fire enough to pull another gas can away from the area (I didn't want it going up too). (See Fire 5) This photo shows one of the red melted gasoline cans to the right of the melted garbage can.
My neighbor, Ron Gordon, jumped two fences with his fire extinguisher and knocked down gas fire some, but his extinguisher was empty in five seconds. He turned off my front hose water so that I had full pressure at the back hose.
Firemen arrived after 10-12 minutes with their BIG hose (after five more minutes), but all it did was spread the gasoline flames. I requested foam and after two or three minutes more, they had their foam machine going and the fire was out in seconds. (See Fire 3)
The city garbage cans are very flammable. (See Fire 1) This photo shows what is left of the trash can. One wheel is visible on the right of the gray plastic mass. The white foam was used by firemen to extinguish the flames. The firemen pulled allof the trash out of the can to expose any remaining hot spots.
I was very lucky it didn't happen when we were asleep! My wife said both smoke alarms went off. She exited the front door with two cats in arms, but all our cats ran back and hid in the house, even though my wife left the front door wide open. I could hear one cat on the deck meowing like crazy and trying to get in the house while I was busy spraying the fire. Everyone is OK.
The city is charging me $60 for a new garbage can and I hope I get it soon - today is our trash pickup day. I'm also busy calling to get repair bids.” (See Fire 6)
To share your story of CERT teams in action, e-mail a description of the action to: lnisbet@utah.gov