Help your community survive the zombie apocalypse! Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is offering a FREE 6 week emergency preparedness course. During the course you will learn medical triage, fire suppression, search and rescue techniques, radio communication and much more! They are also giving graduates a free emergency preparedness backpack kit.
This CERT basic training is 6 Tuesday evenings, September 13, 2016 – October 18, 2016 from 6:30PM t0 9:30PM. If you cannot attend all 6 classes, you will be able to attend a make-up class to fulfill the FEMA 20 hour requirement.
In the course you will learn how to take care of yourself and family after an emergency, especially the first 72 hours and maybe up to 10 days. You will learn what kits and food you should have on hand, how to use a fire extinguisher properly, basic first aid, light search & rescue and triage. After you have taken the series of class, the final class will be a simulated disaster drill on Saturday Novenber 5, 2016.
The course will be held in Concord at the Concord Police Department. Concord residents and non Concord residents welcome! Space is limited!
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