Campus to Offer Community Response Training
September 15, 2006
Beginning in October, campus members are invited to take part in a joint
CSUF-Fullerton Fire Department program on Community Emergency Response
Team (CERT) Training.
CERT is
a program offered in several communities to educate people about disaster preparedness
and hazards that may impact their neighborhoods. The program offers training
in basic disaster response skills in fire safety, light search and rescue,
team organization and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned
in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their
neighborhood or on campus following an event when professional responders are
not immediately available to help.
The campus
program will be offered in three Saturday sessions on Oct. 7, 14 and 21 from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The training will be offered in the Shapiro Wing of the
Ruby Gerontology Center. Cost is $20 per person.
Registration
packets are available from University Police or the OLLI Office located in
Room 7 of the Ruby Gerontology Center. For more information, call Quentin Frazier
at 657-278-3572.
Produced by the Office of Public Affairs at California State University, Fullerton.