Santa Clarita residents can learn life-saving emergency skills by signing up for the City’s Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) program. The next seven-week course runs April 9 through May 21 and will teach basic survival skills that can be crucial during disasters such as earthquakes, fires, floods and other life-threatening situations.
CERT classes will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday nights at the Santa Clarita Sports Complex in Canyon Rooms A/B, located at 20870 Centre Pointe Parkway.
CERT is an interactive training series integrating lectures, videos, skills assessments and demonstrations to teach residents important skills needed to act quickly during emergencies. The program focuses on comprehensive emergency preparedness education and emphasizes the importance of preplanning and contingency planning to ensure the safety of family, friends and co-workers during times of crises.
Participants will practice treating life-threatening conditions through a method used by first responders called Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (S.T.A.R.T). By the end of the course, trainees will be able to identify the proper courses of action and organize available resources according to the appropriate disaster situation. The course culminates with a disaster simulation on the final evening.
The CERT program is certified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and requires no previous knowledge to participate. Participants must be 18 years or older. Classes are instructed by local fire fighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department and City of Santa Clarita staff.
Registration for the CERT program is now open online here. The class includes a $30 equipment fee.
For more information on the CERT program, visit santa-clarita.com/emergency.
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20 Comments
Olga Gutierrez
Olga Gutierrez
Richie Zenriquez
Richie Zenriquez
How do I sign up for the classes?
The link is at the end of the story
I’m very interested in doing this program!
Interested in this program, please keep me updated on how to attend.
link at bottom of story
Amanda Carr-Buss
Timmy Gonzales
Taylor Green
Taylor Green
Taylor Green
I would like to be part of this event… extra knowledge its always good…especially when you can help people with it
Taylor Grace O’Connell
Kassy DeStefano
Hi
I am already an EMR and am in the Emt program at coc. I would like info on how to become a CERT member?
Thanks a bunch.
Kind regards
Stephanie Cornthwaite
Safetysteph@icloud.com
661-755-4483
You would want to follow the link in the story. We don’t know whether anybody from the city is reading this.
Dar Jones go ahead and sign me up