Doing the Greatest Good for the Greatest number

Dave

(or David, either is fine)

My first encounter with CERT was in November of 2019 when I took the

In-Person Training offered by NCO in Ukiah.

I completed the training on November 17, 2019.

Then I took the same training but on Zoom twice.

I completed one on April 30, 2023 and the other on

January 5, 2024

Also, I completed:

EMI's / FEMA ICS-100 online on

March 12, 2020

EMI's / FEMA ICS-700 online on

March 13, 2020

In July of 2024, I had the honor of going to the National CERT Conference in Washington DC.

I attended and completed the

CERT Train-the-Trainer class.

Now, does all that make me

a an expert?

NO!

CERT covers such a broad amount of situations that it will take a lifetime to know everything there is to know.

By the way, I'm also a High School Diploma / GED prep. / Citizenship teacher at the Ukiah Adult School and in my last 20 plus years teaching, I've learned that I'm no expert.

Jack of all trades, maybe, but expert, no.

- To read the early history of CERT,

(From the Los Angeles Community Policing website)

click here

- To read about CERT since 1993

(from Wikipedia)

click here

- To learn more about CERT from FEMA

click here

CERT Mendocino and Lake County are both under the umbrella of the North Coast Opportunities Volunteer Network Coordinating Center.

CERT members can be deployed

to help:

- at special events

- during emergencies

- at emergency shelters

and more....

- To find many other employment opportunities offered by the North Coast Opportunities (NCO)

click here.

- To visit the CERT Discussion Board on Facebook, click here.

- CERT will have a table at the Mountain Folk Festival

in Leggett,

Saturday, June 28, 2025

(See poster below)

**** HEADS-UP ****

- Mendocino County -

A hybrid CERT Basic Training session will take place on Zoom and end in-person.

Class will meet on Zoom on

Thursday, April 17

Thursday, April 24

Thursday, May 1

Thursday, May 8

from 6:30pm to 8:00pm

The in-person portion of this training session will take place on

Saturday, May 31

and

Sunday, June 1

at Ukiah Adult School

1056 N. Bush Street, Ukiah

To sign up for this training opportunity or any other training opportunities

click here.

or call: Dennis Burke at

1 - 707 - 998 - 8643

(See posters below)

Join in at any time, make sure to sing up to get the online link and more.

Must complete the online portion of this training before taking part in the in-person session.

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- To visit

National CERT

website,

click here

- To visit

Mendocino County CERT website,

click here

- To visit

the Mendocino Office of Emergency Services' CERT webpage

click here

- To visit

North Coast Opportunities CERT webpages

click here

- To find a CERT in your community, nationwide (FEMA)

click here

- To access the CERT Basic Training Participant's Manual online

(PDF format)

click here

- You can buy the CERT Basic Training Participant's Manual from Amazon ($30)

There are many You Tube videos online that cover CERT

Here are a few You Tube videos that I've watched

so far:

- CERT's

"History"

From Los Angeles Fire Department CERT Continuing Education video

click here

- CERT's

"Head-to-Toe Assessment" video from CERT online

click here

- CERT's

"Victim Carries"

video from CERT online

click here

- CERT's

"Victim Extraction"

video from CERT online

click here

- CERT's

"Disaster Psychology"

video from Public Resources.org

click here

Information is yet to be shared with me.