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Solera CERT Cadre
WHAT IS CERT?
The City of Beaumont prepares for everyday emergencies. However,
during a disaster, the number and scope of incidents can overwhelm
conventional emergency services. The Community Emergency
Response Team (CERT) program is an all-risk, all-hazard training.
This valuable course is designed to help you protect yourself, your
family, your neighbors, and your neighborhood in an emergency.
CERT is a positive and realistic approach to emergency and disaster
situations where citizens may initially be on their own and their
actions can make a difference. While people will respond to others in
need without the training, one goal of the CERT program is to help
them do so effectively and efficiently without placing themselves in
unnecessary danger. In the CERT training, citizens learn to:
• manage utilities and put out small fires,
• treat the three medical killers by opening airways, controlling
bleeding, and treating for shock,
• provide basic medical aid,
• search for and rescue victims safely,
• organize themselves and spontaneous volunteers to be effective,
• and collect disaster intelligence to support first responder efforts.
WHY DO THE CERT TRAINING?
Well, it's like paying for car insurance. You might never need
either; you'd hope not to. But if the occasion arises, having the CERT
training, just like having car insurance, means you're as ready as you
can be to help yourself, your family, and your neighborhood.
Learn more at the Solera CERT website: https://www.solera-cert.
info.
