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CERT Classes to Begin This Month

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This is to notify you of a great opportunity to receive Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. Open to any member of  the public, this program affords each participant 27 hours of training in emergency preparedness. There is no charge for this training.
Graduates are eligible to join the Bound Brook CERT Team and help during community emergencies and events.
If interested, please contact Jim Suk at the Bound Brook Office of Emergency Management,  by January 10, 2012. 


CERT training will begin on Tuesday, 1/17/12.

 The tentative course schedule is below.

Topic Tuesday Class
Introduction/Disaster Preparedness  January 17

Fire Safety/Fire Extinguisher Training

  
January 24

First Aid/Disaster Medical Operations I
January 31

Search and Rescue/Building Familiarization
 
February7

Terrorism and Cert
 
February 14

CERT Organization/Incident Command System/Disaster Psychology  February
21

Disaster Medical Operations II February 28


Review/Disaster Simulation  March 6
Make Up Date for a Missed Class
 
March 13

    According to highly placed sources at the National Weather Service, there is absolutely no chance of snow on any of the above dates! In the unlikely event forecasts prove to be inaccurate, we will adjust the schedule as needed. :)

    Subjects on dates maybe changed due to scheduling changes of instructors. All classes will be on Tuesdays. Classes start at 7:00 PM and end at  9PM.

Contact information:

Jim Suk: Director

of Bound Brook Office of Emergency Management.

bbfdfirechief@msn.com

1-732-558-0121

Jim McGlashan: Bound Brook C.E.R.T.

jmcglash@gmail.com

732-564-7203

Skip Emanuelli: Bound Brook C.E.R.T.

amxse@yahoo.com

About the author

Paul Lasko

Deputy Coordinator, Bound Brook OEM -- Member for 3+ years -- Assisted with 2008 Tropical Storm Hanna -- Assisted with the March 2010 Nor'Easter. -- Assigned as Deputy Coordinator in the Spring of 2011 and dealt with his first disaster as Deputy Coordinator, Hurricane Irene, in August 2011. -- Coordinates OEM operations for special events including Riverfest and the Fire Department Carnival.

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