Lehi CERT Training
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Lehi CERT in-person training!
The next Lehi CERT in-person training
will be held in September 2024,
on four consecutive Thursday evenings
September 5, 12, 19, 26 from 6-9:30PM
Course Fee*: $50
Location: Fire station #82
150 W 2600 N, Lehi UT 84043
*Current CERT members may attend for free.
NOTE: Two parts to CERT training – Online & Hands-on
1) PRIOR to taking the Lehi CERT hands-on training, you must complete the online CERT training course. The online course is free. You can sign up and start your training now at this link.
https://tinyurl.com/CERTonlinetraining
2) The Lehi CERT Team holds occasional hands-on training based on the FEMA training syllabus consisting of nine training units. These are followed by a hands-on mock disaster simulation. You can sign up for the hands on training here:
Once you have completed the online AND the hands-on training listed above, you are considered trained and part of our team.
CERT Basic Training modules:
•Unit 1: Disaster Preparation
•Unit 2: CERT Organization
•Unit 3: Disaster Medical Operations (part 1)
•Unit 4: Disaster Medical Operations (part 2)
•Unit 5: Disaster Psychology
•Unit 6: Fire Safety & Utility Controls
•Unit 7: Light Search & Rescue Operations
•Unit 8: Terrorism & CERT Training
•Unit 9: Course Review, Final Exam & Disaster Simulation
Additional FEMA IS course training options:
IS-700.B: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
IS-100.C: Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100
IS-42.A: Social Media in Emergency Management
IS-230.E: Fundamentals of Emergency Management
IS-235.C: Emergency Planning
IS-240.C: Leadership and Influence
IS-241.C: Decision Making and Problem Solving
IS-242.C: Effective Communication
IS-244.B: Developing and Managing Volunteers
IS-288.A: The Role of Voluntary Organizations in Emergency Management
IS-315.A: CERT and the Incident Command System (ICS)
IS-317.A: Introduction to Community Emergency Response Team (CERTs)
IS-325: Earthquake Basics: Science, Risk, and Mitigation
IS-366.A: Planning for the Needs of Children in Disasters
IS-405: Overview of Mass Care/Emergency Assistance
IS-772.A: Individual Assistance Preliminary Damage Assessment Orientation
IS-800.D: National Response Framework, An Introduction
IS-815: ABCs of Temporary Emergency Power
IS-904: Active Shooter Prevention: You Can Make a Difference
IS-905: Responding to an Active Shooter: You Can Make a Difference
IS-907: Active Shooter: What You Can Do
IS-909: Community Preparedness: Implementing Simple Activities for Everyone
IS-951: DHS Radio Interoperability
All FEMA IS Courses
The University of Utah has online training materials covering the nine CERT modules. Once you compete the modules, you will receive a certificate. You will then provide this to our Training Coordinator, Wendy Shoop, who will then provide a hands-on “mock disaster” training opportunity for you to complete your CERT Training. Our next in-person training will be held in the Spring 2024.
“REMEMBER: When disaster strikes, the time to prepare has passed.” -Stephen Cyros
Volunteers needed!
Following a major disaster, first responders who provide fire and medical services may not be able to meet the demand for all the requests. Factors such as number of victims, communication failures, and road blockages will prevent people from accessing emergency services they have come to expect at a moments notice through 911. People will have to rely on each other for help in order to meet their immediate life-saving and life-sustaining needs.
Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) are trained to help neighborhoods and communities mitigate disasters during the first 72 hours following a disaster when access by professional Emergency Response teams might be restricted.
The purpose of CERT training is to provide private citizens with the basic skills that they will need to handle many of their own needs and then to respond to their neighborhoods’ and communities’ needs in the aftermath of a disaster.
A special thanks to the City of Lehi for sponsoring and supporting us!
