PARSIPPANY — The final day of the Community Emergency Response Team Training (CERT) took place at Veterans Park on Sunday, October 24 where approximately a dozen local residents graduated from the three-day, 20-hour course.
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community.
The final training included a stimulated emergency scene where current members of the team served as victims while the students worked on using the appropriate method and procedure to treat the victims injury.
The newest members treated a victim with an electric shock due to a powerline that fell on them and tornado winds overturned a picnic table pinning a senior citizen. The members had to use all the first aid skills they were taught over the course of the class.
Office of Emergency Management Coordinator Eric Hubner and a team of four leaders controlled the emergency response, assigned and coordinated teams as they would do in a real emergency.
Will you be ready when another disaster hits Parsippany? Hurricanes Sandy and Irene along with Snowtober 2011 are prime examples of the need for certified volunteers trained to assist first responders in our township.
In the event of another natural disaster, pandemic outbreak, large-scale fire, terrorist attack or long-term electrical outage, the Parsippany Citizen Emergency Response Team is all about readiness and people helping people.
This was Parsippany’s 9th Community Emergency Response Team training class.
The Parsippany-Troy Hills Citizen Emergency Response Team is made up of adult residents who had no background in first response before attending this FREE training.
Our team members are trained to provide the greatest good for the greatest number of people while learning to help themselves and their neighbors during emergency situations.
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community.
To sign up for a future class or for more information email cert@parsippany.net.
Parsippany, be Ready, be Prepared.
