4H Teen CERT: Turning Disasters into Success

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4-H Teen CERT Turning Disasters into Success
2008 CYFAR Conference

• Lynette Ranney Black
• Wendy Hein

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Activity 1
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Why
Prepare?
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Disaster Preparedness

• Disaster Awareness
• Family Emergency Plans
• Emergency Supply Kits

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Hazard Management

• Familiarization of Utilities
• Using Fire Extinguishers
• Hazardous Materials
• Terrorism

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Search and Rescue

• Building Size-up
• Hazard Awareness
• Search Techniques
• Patient Transport
• Cribbing
• Animals

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Disaster First-Aid

• Triage
• Treatment
• Emotional First-aid
• Disaster Psychology
• Moulage
• Pandemic Flu

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Teamwork

• Organization
• Leadership
• Teamwork

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Additional Training

• GPS Global Positioning System
• GIS Geographical Information
  System
• Service Learning Projects

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Youth Perspective

• Many youth do their schoolwork, comply with
  their parents, hangout with their friends and get
  through the day, but are not invested in paths
  into the future that excite them or feel like
  they originate from within. A central question
  of youth development is how to get adolescents
  fires lit (Larson, R. 2000)
• American Psychologist, January 2000

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Program Design
After school hours risky time for unsupervised
youth
By high school, support programs have decreased
Studies suggest high school youth would like
after school opportunities
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Lesson Design

• Designed as an after-school program or club
  project.
• Two and a half hour lessons include
• Critical Thinking, Leadership, Teamwork and/or
  Communication building activity
• Educational delivery includes voice lecture
  combined with stimulating visuals
• Interactive learning activities
• Hands-on practice

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Community Service Learning

• Tell me, and I will forget.
• Show me and I will remember.
• Involve me, and I will understand.
• Chinese Proverb
• Community service learning is defined as a form
  of experiential learning in which youth apply the
  subject matter they are learning, along with
  critical thinking skills, to address genuine
  community needs.
• Smith, 1997

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Presentations

• Safety Day or Safety Fair
• National Preparedness Month
• School Board
• Chamber of Commerce
• Neighborhood
• Association meetings

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Map Projects

• Fire Department
• Law Enforcement
• Emergency Management
• Tourism Department
• City Management

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4-H Teen CERT Training
Activity 3
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Pre-Post Survey Evaluation
Questions measuring skill development
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Pre-Post Survey Evaluation
Questions measuring knowledge
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Pre-Post Survey Evaluation
Questions measuring behavior or attitude change
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Pre-Post Survey Evaluation
Questions measuring feeling of value
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Pre-Post Survey Evaluation
Questions measuring attitude toward risk
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Pre-Post Survey Evaluation
Questions measuring continuation
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Funding/Partnerships

• State Farm Insurance
• Citizen Corps Council
• Fire Department
• Law Enforcement
• Emergency Management

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Questions or Comments?
Lynette Black OSU Extension Service Wasco
County 541/298-3578 lynette.black_at_oregonstate.edu
Wendy Hein
OSU Extension Service Clackamas County
503/650-3122
wendy.hein_at_oregonstate.edu