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 |
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| Introduction/Disaster Preparedness | January 17 |
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| Fire Safety/Fire Extinguisher Training |
January 24 |
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| First Aid/Disaster Medical Operations I |
January 31 |
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| Search and Rescue/Building Familiarization |
February7 |
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| Terrorism and Cert |
February 14 |
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| CERT Organization/Incident Command System/Disaster Psychology | February 21 |
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| Disaster Medical Operations II | February 28 | |
| Review/Disaster Simulation | March 6 |
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| 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.
Jim McGlashan: Bound Brook C.E.R.T.
Skip Emanuelli: Bound Brook C.E.R.T.

