Disaster Preparedness - What is a disaster, impact of disasters on our city's infrastructure, structural and non-structural hazards in buildings, and what is the role of CERT members are during a disaster response.

Disaster Suppression – Discovering and reducing potential fire hazards in your home and work place. Then strategies and techniques you can use to put out small fires, and identifying potential firefighting resources.

Terrorism and CERT - Describes the different types of terrorism threats and what you and your community need to do in case of terrorist attacks.

Disaster Medical Operations I – Treatment strategies for life threatening conditions or "killers" of victims in a disaster. How and why we "triage" or sort patients in these situations.

Disaster Medical Operations II – Head to toe assessment of victims, treatment for fractures, lacerations, sprains, burns, and other injuries and setting up a treatment area.

Light Search & Rescue – Search and rescue priorities, how to "size up" a situation, how lifting and cribbing is done properly, and safely removing victims. Rescuer safety is highest priority!

Disaster Psychology and Team Organization – How to deal with post-disaster emotional problems of victims and rescuers. Incident Command System and how to organize the CERT team in your own area. The strategies, tactics, and documentation needed from your CERT team.

Course Review and Disaster Simulation Exercise – Review of all the classes, and a disaster simulation exercise using what you’ve learned.

To cover the cost of this course we are charging $50.00 per student. This helps to pay for the safety equipment we issue and supplies we use in class. For more information about the course or when classes start contact: Rick Soltis You can also reach us by phone at (801) 355-1664 or fax at (801) 908-6403