West County Community Emergency Response Training

Description

The West County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will be hosting a free CERT training class starting Friday, August 17, 2018. West County CERT is comprised of those who live and/or work in Buena Park, Cypress, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, and Westminster.

CERT educates people in disaster preparedness for events that may impact their area and provides basic disaster response skills. CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. The 20-hour FEMA-approved course includes training in Disaster Preparedness, Medical Operations, Light Search and Rescue, Fire Suppression, Team Organization, and Emotional First Aid.

Training will be held at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base – Building 244, 11200 Lexington Drive, Los Alamitos, CA 90720. The training schedule will be comprised of two weekend training sessions: 

• Friday, August 17:                 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
• Saturday, August 18:            8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Friday, August 24:                 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
• Saturday, August 25:            8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.