CERT Training Held At Grace College
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Daniel [email protected]
The CERT training, which consists of three eight-hour sessions, took place over two weekends at the Orthopedic Capital Center located on the campus of Grace College.
The event drew 19 people, including students at Grace, to learn how to respond to possible disasters in the county.
Grace students received credit for attending the training.
The program is run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Community Preparedness Division.[[In-content Ad]]CERT is designed to train people to help themselves and members of their community in the event of a disaster, such as tornadoes or flooding.
CERT members are trained in basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue and disaster medical operations.
Emergency Management Director Ed Rock said the program allows for people to help during disasters until police and emergency personnel are able to respond.
Saturday's training at the OCC was funded through a federal grant and showed the capabilities of the facility.
Those training wore hard hats and carried backpacks equipped with relief tools and first aid. The teams entered a disaster situation after surveying the building and simulating how to turn off utilities to secure the scene.
"This is the vision we had for this building when we opened it," said John R. Boal, chief advancement officer for Grace, about the OCC. "We wanted it to be something not only our students could use but something for the community as well."
The 19 CERT trainees earned their certification by classroom work as well as a simulated disaster situation Saturday.
Members of Grace's theater department were used to play victims of a disaster.
Grace College will offer more CERT classes after the first of the year. More information on CERT may be found at www.citizencorps.gov/cert/index.shtm or call 574-371-2602.
Rock encouraged members of civic organizations around the county to become trained in CERT.
Boal said it's his goal for every faculty and staff member of Grace to complete the program.
Joel Curry, director of marketing for Grace and a member of the first CERT class, said that Grace hopes to host six CERT training sessions in 2009 and at some point to have a CERT team in every township of the county.
A short video of the training can be seen on World Compassion Network's Web site www.w-c-n.org
World Compassion Network co-sponsored the first CERT training session. There were 13 members of the first CERT class.
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The CERT training, which consists of three eight-hour sessions, took place over two weekends at the Orthopedic Capital Center located on the campus of Grace College.
The event drew 19 people, including students at Grace, to learn how to respond to possible disasters in the county.
Grace students received credit for attending the training.
The program is run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Community Preparedness Division.[[In-content Ad]]CERT is designed to train people to help themselves and members of their community in the event of a disaster, such as tornadoes or flooding.
CERT members are trained in basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue and disaster medical operations.
Emergency Management Director Ed Rock said the program allows for people to help during disasters until police and emergency personnel are able to respond.
Saturday's training at the OCC was funded through a federal grant and showed the capabilities of the facility.
Those training wore hard hats and carried backpacks equipped with relief tools and first aid. The teams entered a disaster situation after surveying the building and simulating how to turn off utilities to secure the scene.
"This is the vision we had for this building when we opened it," said John R. Boal, chief advancement officer for Grace, about the OCC. "We wanted it to be something not only our students could use but something for the community as well."
The 19 CERT trainees earned their certification by classroom work as well as a simulated disaster situation Saturday.
Members of Grace's theater department were used to play victims of a disaster.
Grace College will offer more CERT classes after the first of the year. More information on CERT may be found at www.citizencorps.gov/cert/index.shtm or call 574-371-2602.
Rock encouraged members of civic organizations around the county to become trained in CERT.
Boal said it's his goal for every faculty and staff member of Grace to complete the program.
Joel Curry, director of marketing for Grace and a member of the first CERT class, said that Grace hopes to host six CERT training sessions in 2009 and at some point to have a CERT team in every township of the county.
A short video of the training can be seen on World Compassion Network's Web site www.w-c-n.org
World Compassion Network co-sponsored the first CERT training session. There were 13 members of the first CERT class.
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