CERT Basic Training Course

Community Emergency Response Team Basic Training
Hosted by the Town of Avon

The Town of Avon was proud to present the 2023 CERT Basic Training Course to the public. Fifteen participants attended the 20-hour program that ran from March 22 to April 1 that covered all sections of the FEMA Community Emergency Response Team Training Program. 

Topics Covered:
Unit 01: Disaster Preparedness
Unit 02: CERT Organization
Unit 03: Disaster Medical Operations Part 1
Unit 04: Disaster Medical Operations Part 2
Unit 05: Disaster Psychology
Unit 06: Fire Safety and Utility Control
Unit 07: Light Search and Rescue
Unit 08: CERT & Terrorism
Unit 09: Course Review and Final Exam

About CERT
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program is a nationally supported, locally implemented initiative that teaches people how to better prepare themselves for hazards that may affect their communities. Since 1993, CERT trains the public in basic disaster response skills such as team organization, disaster medical operations, fire safety, and light search and rescue. The ability for CERT volunteers to perform these activities frees up professional responders to focus their efforts on more complex, essential, and critical tasks.

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The CERT Team will meet the 3rd Wednesday of the month at Company 1 Firehouse, 25 Darling Drive. For more information contact Emergency Management Director Bruce Appell:    
bappell@avonct.gov    860-409-4390