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CERT Day 9 – Final Exercise

November 12, 2011

TweetThis is it! Our final exercise! (Note: In order to not ruin the fun for the next CERT classes that happen, I won’t give away the good stuff, so thosee folks can learn from their mistakes too! ) It was a cool and not rainy (yes!) Saturday morning, and I could feel the excitement in the [...]

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CERT Day 8 – Exercise Preparation

November 11, 2011

TweetThis was our last class in the classroom, and it was a pretty good one. Of all the classes, I like this one best because I could re-learn or practice many of the most important things from all of hte previous classes, in preparation for our upcoming “field exercise”. We had a few stations to [...]

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CERT Day 7 – Search and Rescue

November 11, 2011

TweetLight search & rescue. The “rules” for light search and rescue, for example, trying to help people who may be trapped in a building after an earthquake (or anything else that could knock a building down) are as follows: 1) Be safe! 2) Do the greatest good for the most people, vs. dedicating all of [...]

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CERT Day 6 – Fire Prevention and Suppression (We Extinguished Real Fires!)

October 23, 2011

TweetOn our 6th day of CERT class, we reviewed fire safety and learned how to effectively use a fire extinguisher to put out a real fire. Let’s review what everyone knows: Fire is really, really dangerous. Not only it is hot, which hurts, it also makes smoke, which is often full of all kinds of [...]

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Every-day Carry Brass Button Compass

October 17, 2011

TweetCan you point to the north? I would guess that it’s OK if you don’t know, because as you read this, you are probably at home or somewhere else familiar and it doesn’t really matter. However, when you figure out what you need to have with you as part of your every-day carry (EDC), you [...]

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CERT – Day 5 – Terrorism/Hazmat and Disaster Psychology

October 15, 2011

TweetDay 5 – Terrorism, Hazardous Materials, and Disaster Psychology Day 5 was an interesting mix of topics: terrorism/hazmat and disaster psychology. Terrorism/Hazmat In the first part, we reviewed procedures for hazmat (hazardous materials) and terrorism. As far as CERT is concerned, they’re about the same. Get out. Easy, right? Do you feel prepared now to [...]

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CERT – Day 4 – Disaster Medical II – More Basics, Water, and… Poop

October 3, 2011

TweetDay 4 – Disaster Medical Part II – More basics, Water, and… Poop Much of day 2 of Disaster Medical was pretty similar to the first. We had more “what if” questions, and covered some first aid basics, as well as some unique material. The first-aid-related material was around doing a head-to-toe assessment, using the [...]

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Active Shooter – This Advice Could Save Your Life

September 30, 2011

TweetThis article could save your life, or your child’s. Please pay attention. I recently heard something that got me thinking, and I hope it gets you thinking too. Emergency preparedness is much more than planning for the power to go out or storing extra tap water. For example, today I attended an exercise that walked [...]

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CERT Day 3 – Disaster Medical – Who Lives and Dies

September 25, 2011

TweetDay 3 – Disaster Medical Things are picking up! We covered the first half of our Disaster Medical material. All told, we covered triaging in a disaster scenario as well as some basic first aid. Triage is interesting. What happens in triage? You essentially decide who lives and who dies. Wow. Thank goodness we get [...]

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CERT Begins – Days 1 and 2 – A Critical Question is Asked

September 22, 2011

TweetDay 1 – A Critical Question Asked CERT class officially begins! We started with paperwork. Not too interesting, at first. They handed out some checklists for 3-day kits, waivers, etc. One of them was an icebreaker, a simple set of questions. One of the questions “What are three things you have with your right [...]

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