{"id":202,"date":"2011-09-15T23:15:46","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T06:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preparedblog.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2011-09-15T23:15:46","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T06:15:46","slug":"taking-training-cert-community-emergency-response-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/cert\/taking-training-cert-community-emergency-response-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Training: CERT &#8211; Community Emergency Response Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I signed up for a local CERT course and just took my first class. I knew that much of the content wouldn\u2019t be new to me, although I did expect to learn something new \u2013 I always do! And so far I have learned some good things, which I&#8217;ll be passing along to you as I progress through the course.<\/p>\n<p>CERT stands for Community Emergency Response Training. Many cities offer courses like CERT through their Office of Emergency Management (or whatever they call it). If you go to your hometown\u2019s website (e.g., Anytown.gov), you can probably find a link to an office that deals with emergency preparedness topics for your area. If your town isn\u2019t big enough, try the county or the state.<\/p>\n<p>If a course is offered but not called \u201cCERT\u201d, don\u2019t worry about it. The goals are largely the same, across the different courses, at least the ones I\u2019ve seen in my area (Washington State). Please let me know if you can\u2019t find anything locally. I would be happy to do a little digging to see what I can find, if you aren\u2019t able to.<\/p>\n<p>Why do you care about my CERT course? I\u2019ll walk you through at least some parts of each class, so that you will be able to determine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Would it be useful for you, friends, or family?<\/li>\n<li>What topics are covered?<\/li>\n<li>What should you expect to learn?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Such preparedness courses have a lot to offer, and as you read further, I think you\u2019ll realize that if you haven\u2019t taken a course, you probably should.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some additional resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizencorps.gov\/cert\/about.shtm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.citizencorps.gov\/cert\/about.shtm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizencorps.gov\/cert\/training_mat.shtm\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.citizencorps.gov\/cert\/training_mat.shtm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ll have post several more articles about the training, as I go through it, to fill you in on some of the details. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I signed up for a local CERT course and just took my first class. I knew that much of the content wouldn\u2019t be new to me, although I did expect to learn something new \u2013 I always do! And so far I have learned some good things, which I&#8217;ll be passing along to you as &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/cert\/taking-training-cert-community-emergency-response-team\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Taking Training: CERT &#8211; Community Emergency Response Team<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[19,20,30,43],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cert","category-general-preparedness","tag-cert","tag-community-emergency-response-team","tag-emergency-preparedness","tag-neighborhood-preparedness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andrewbaze.com\/wparchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}