COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TRAINING

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WELCOME
COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TRAINING
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SESSION I
Disaster Preparedness
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Session I Objectives
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Identify steps to prepare yourself for disasters.
Describe the functions of CERTs and their role in
immediate response.
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Describe the types of hazards most likely to
affect your home and community.
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What is CERT?
Community Emergency Response Teams

• A network of neighborhood teams made up of
  citizens who are trained by emergency service
  professionals to respond to local disaster
  situations

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Community Emergency Response Teams

• Roles for CERT members

1. Prepare for a disaster
2. Respond to a disaster
3. Assist, when asked, with non-emergency situations

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CERTs prepare for disasters by

• Identifying potential hazards

• Reducing hazards to the degree
• possible

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CERTs respond after a disaster by

• Turning off utilities wherever possible
• Suppressing small fires
• Treating life-threatening injuries
• Conducting light search and rescue
• Helping victims cope with their emotions

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What is CERT?
Community Emergency Response Teams

• A network of neighborhood teams made up of
  citizens who are trained by emergency service
  professionals to respond to local disaster
  situations

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This session . . .
. . . the BIG PICTURE
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Course Preview

• Later sessions will cover
• Disaster Fire Suppression
• Disaster Medical Operations
• Light Search and Rescue
• Disaster Psychology and Team Organization
• Terrorism

Times and Dates for Future Sessions Materials
Required Building their own Disaster Supplies
Kit Restrooms, Smoking, Etc. Attendance
Requirements, Course Completion
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Disasters

• Manmade
• Natural
• Technological

Disasters can be . . .
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Disasters occur in many forms
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Usually, you count on us to be there, but...
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Collapse of the System
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Help them see the picture
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Disasters And Disaster Workers
Disasters Common elements . . .

• Relatively unexpected
• Available services are overwhelmed
• Lives, health, and the environment
• are endangered

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SESSION I
The Tower Exercise
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Team Building

• The first step is to start to build team thinking
• Everybody arrives at class to find their name
  cards already assigned to a team.
• Right away we do an EXERCISE!

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Tools for The TOWER

• Construction Paper
• 5 x 8 Index cards
• Paper clips
• Scotch tape
• Scissors
• Pencil/Paper for drawing plans on.

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Results of the TOWER

• unfamiliar people,
• working on an unfamiliar problem,
• with unfamiliar tools,
• in unfamiliar surroundings,
• in a time compressed environment,
• to reach a Common Goal

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Earthquake

• Small 5.0 5.9
• Moderate 6.0 6.9
• Major 7.0 7.9
• Great 8.0 8.9

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HURRICANE !
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Deaths from Hurricanes

Storm Surge 1
Freshwater Flooding 59
Wind 12
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Hurricane Floyds Eye
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TORNADO!
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Fujita Pearson Tornado Scale                                                                                                                                                                                                     F-0 40-72 mph, chimney damage, tree branches brokenF-1 73-112 mph, mobile homes pushed off foundation or overturnedF-2 113-157 mph, considerable damage, mobile homes demolished, trees uprootedF-3 158-205 mph, roofs and walls torn down, trains overturned, cars thrownF-4 207-260 mph, well-constructed walls leveledF-5 261-318 mph, homes lifted off foundation and carried considerable distances, autos thrown as far as 100 meters
TORNADO!
Fujita Pearson Tornado Scale F-0 40-72 mph
chimney damage, tree branches brokenF-1
73-112 mph mobile homes pushed off foundation
or overturnedF-2 113-157 mph considerable
damage, mobile homes demolished, trees
uprootedF-3 158-205 mph roofs and walls torn
down, trains overturned, cars thrownF-4
207-260 mph well-constructed walls leveledF-5
261-318 mph homes lifted off foundation and
carried considerable distances, autos thrown
as far as 100 meters
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Lightning Kills!!

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Floods
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Winter Storms - Blizzards
Blizzards Wind 35-44 mph Visibility lt 500
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Hazardous Materials Accidents
Hazardous materials . . .

• Corrode other materials
• Explode or are easily ignited
• React strongly with water
• Are unstable when exposed to heat
• or shock
• Are toxic to humans, animals, or
• the environment

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Hazardous Materials Safety
L.I.E.S.

• Limit
• Isolate
• Eliminate
• Separate

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Infrastructure Impact
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TERRORISM
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A N I MA L I S S U E S
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Tornadoes Hurricanes Earthquakes Floods Blizzards
Man-made Catastrophes Terrorism the list goes
on...
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Complacency can kill!
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CERT Organization
FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, EM, ETC.,
LIAISON
MEDICAL
LOGISTICS