City of Deltona, Florida: City Emergency Response Team Program

What is the Community Emergency Response Team? C.E.R.T. is an informative program that gives Deltona citizens and business owners an opportunity to help themselves and their neighbors during times of crises. Working with the highly trained personnel of the Deltona Fire Department, participants will learn how to prepare themselves, their families, and their community for natural and man-made disasters.
What does the course involve? Participants will receive twenty-one hours of instruction as well as 3 hours of exciting hands-on exercises. Classes are held on every Saturday for a four week period. During this class participants will learn basic first aid and emergency mitigation skills. There are no written tests in this course; however, participants will be evaluated during practical evolutions.
Upon completion of the C.E.R.T. course, participants receive a certificate from the Federal Emergency Managment Agency.

C.E.R.T. members maintain their skills by participating in monthly training and drills. In addition, members have the opportunity to work closely with fire department crews during Deltona's numerous civic functions.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS OUR C.E.R.T. MEMBERS LEARN!
Session 1 - DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: Introduction to disasters, the impact of disasters on community infrastructures, and the role of C.E.R.T.'s in disaster response.
Session 2 - FIRE SUPPRESSION: Identifying and reducing potential fire hazards, basic fire suppression strategy, resources, and techniques.
Session 3 - DISASTER MEDICAL OPERATIONS, PART 1: Treatment strategies for life-threatening medical conditions and principals of patient traige.
Session 4 - DISASTER MEDICAL OPERATIONS, PART 2: Head-to-toe patient assessments, treatment for various injuries.

Session 5 - LIGHT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS: Safer techniques for rescuers to size-up and search damaged structures. Lifting, cribbing and removing victims trapped in damaged buildings also discussed.

Session 6 - PRE-STORM OPERATIONS: Protecting your home from severe weather, personal readiness, C.E.R.T. equipment, organizing your team.
Session 7 - POST-STORM C.E.R.T. OPERATIONS: Organizing, deploying teams, communications, and recovery.
Session 8 - PRACTICAL EXERCISE: A hands on demonstration of skills learned during the C.E.R.T. course.

REGISTRATION
If you are interested in attending, please click here for the CERT Brochure and Registration Form and mail it to the City of Deltona Fire-Rescue Department, 2345 Providence Blvd., Deltona, FL 32725 or drop it off at 1685 Providence Blvd., Deltona. You may also call (386) 860-7177 for registration or further information. *You must have Adobe Acrobat to view the brochure.