CERT training promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people that they serve. The goal is for emergency personnel to train members of neighborhoods, community organizations, or workplaces in basic response skills. CERT members are then integrated into the emergency response capability for their area.
Click on the following CERT training classes for more information:
First Responder Awareness (FRA) Training
Hosted by Pollock Pines CERT
Everyone is welcome to attend the class!
Who should take this class?
During an emergency response is there a possibility that the incident will involve chemicals or other hazardous materials? There is always a chance a responder may face a hazardous material (hazmat) situation. OSHA requires professional hazmat responders to take one of five levels of training which start with FRA. As a volunteer, FRA will help you recognize a hazmat situation and give you information on what to do. At the end of the class the student will be trained to recognize a hazardous materials incident and implement actions to protect themselves and the public from harm.
At the successful completion of the course a Certificate of Training* issued by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) will be available.
* The class is free but a $4.00 fee is required to process the Certificate of Training. You are not required to pay for/receive the certificate to attend the class.
Course Objectives
Identify the course purpose, scope, and applicable plans and regulations.
State the responsibilities of the first responder at the awareness level.
Define the term “hazardous materials”; identify how hazardous materials can harm people, the environment and property; and state the role of the First Responder at the Awareness level as defined by the Hazwoper regulation.
Recognize a Hazmat incident through basic clues, warning signs, placards, labels, shipping papers, and material safety data sheets; identify, from a safe distance, the hazardous substance(s) present at the incident; understand the need for a positive safety attitude; and, describe a safe approach to a Hazmat incident.
Describe first responder awareness actions, understanding the need for responder safety, isolation of the incident scene, the need for additional resources and making required notifications.
Identify the purpose and need to safely initiate command; cite basic identification and assessment techniques; demonstrate the use of the Department of Transportation Emergency Response Guidebook (current DOT ERG) for basic action planning.
Instructor
Bob Todd, Certified Outreach Instructor for CSTI. Bob has been teaching Hazwoper, Hazardous Materials Investigations, Hazmat Shipping and Environmental Field Sampling for the CA. Dept. of Fish and Game for five years. He will draw on his years of response to hazardous material incidents to make the class interesting and relevant.
Location, date and time
Pollock Pines Camino Community Center
2675 Sanders Dr. (near the Post Office)
Pollock Pines
There is room for a maximum of 30 attendees.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
8:00 am – noon
The class is free. If you want a Certificate of Training a $4.00 processing fee is required.
