The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during CERT exercises, members can assist their community or workplace following an emergency event when professional responders are not immediately available to help.
Click HERE to read an article from the Tillamook Headlight Herald about how a CERT trained resource used the skills they learned becoming a CERT to help save a co-workers life. The skills you will learn can save lives.
Here’s a quote from the CERT that was at the event:
There was a medical incident at my place of work, and my coworkers and I needed to offer lifesaving assistance to a coworker. I was able to perform CPR on my coworker until help arrived and assisted with using our in-office AED. Our efforts, along with the amazing first responders and ER doctors, ended up saving our coworker and he is still a coworker today.
I am absolutely positive that my recent training with CERT assisted me in those moments. I was able to remain calm, realize that I had tools to help my coworker, and ultimately helped save his life, likely because of your training and CERT. Thank you so much for offering this program to the public. You already know it saves lives, but I wanted to let you know that it specifically helped me save a life of a father, son, and husband.
The course is FREE (you will need to pay for your own CERT kit $100.00, which we will order) and you will receive a CERT manual.
This the basic CERT class. It requires completion of the online course (approximately 12 hours, but it is at your own pace), 4 evenings of hands-on practice and a final scenario response.
This is the complete CERT training- You are signing up to attend ALL 4 of the following meetings:
April 7, 6-8 PM at Nehalem Bay Fire and Rescue, 36375 N HWY 101, Nehalem, OR 97131
April 14, 6-8 PM at Nehalem Bay Fire and Rescue, 36375 N HWY 101, Nehalem, OR 97131
April 21, 6-8 PM at Nehalem Bay Fire and Rescue, 36375 N HWY 101, Nehalem, OR 97131
April 29, 6-8 PM at Nehalem Bay Fire and Rescue, 36375 N HWY 101, Nehalem, OR 97131
May 2, Final Exam TBD
* Click here for the CERT Checklist covering the practical portion of your training
Don't know what CERT is! Check out this video!
If you have any questions, please contact Jo Cooper at cert@evcnb.org.
Thank you!