PLEASE READ! This is the first of two skills days required to complete CERT Basic hybrid course. All participants should first complete the entire CERT Hybrid online course and provide the completion certificate. They day is scheduled from 8:30 to 4:30 but it may end early depending on how many participants are registered. At 3755 Mark Dabling Blvd. in Colorado Springs. Registrants will receive further information including emergency contact form and liability waiver after enrolling.
About the training content: CERT training includes basic skills for helping your community - and yourself - be more resilient. If a disastrous event overwhelms or delays professional responders, citizens can be better prepared to protect themselves and support others by applying the knowledge and skills that they learn during training. These skills can help save and sustain their lives following a disaster until help arrives: Local Risks and Hazards - Individual & Neighborhood Disaster Preparedness - Fire Safety & Extinguisher Practice; Hazardous Materials Awareness: Light Search & Rescue - Terrorism Awareness - Disaster Medical Operations - Severe Bleeding Control - Psychological First Aid - Animals in Disasters
