CERT Training

Are you interested in learning how to protect yourself, your family and your community in the event of a major disaster? If so, then become a CERT Member.
What is CERT?
CERT stands for Community Emergency Response Team
What does CERT do?
Using the basic CERT curriculum, CERT personnel train to prepare for a disaster or overwhelming event by:
- Identifying and mitigating potential hazards in the home and workplace.
- Initiating plans to prepare themselves and their loved ones for the hazards that they face.
- Learning skills to help themselves, loved ones, and neighbors or fellow employees until professional response resources arrive.
- Working cooperatively as a team within their neighborhoods or workplaces.
- Maintaining a relationship with the agency that sponsors the CERT program.
- Participating in continuing education and training.
- Volunteering for projects to enhance the public safety of their communities.
- Understanding their capabilities and limitations when deployed.
During training, CERTs learn to:
- Prepare for the hazards that threaten their communities.
- Apply size-up and safety principles.
- Locate and turn off utilities.
- Extinguish small fires.
- Identify hazardous materials situations.
- Triage and treat victims.
- Set up a medical treatment area.
- Conduct searches and rescues in lightly and moderately damaged structures.
- Understand the psychological impact of a disaster on themselves and others.
- Organize CERT members and spontaneous volunteers for an effective and safe response.
- Apply response skills in a disaster simulation.
The Alpine Fire Protection District will be doing in person training and DATES will be announced soon.
If interested, please ENTER YOUR INFORMATION below or call 619-445-2635 to reserve your space in the academY.
Check out pictures from the graduation of the first CERT academy in 2011.













