CULVER CITY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM
CULVER CITY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM
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WHAT IS CERT?
Culver City CERT was organized in 1997 as a citizen adjunct to the Culver City Fire Department to help in case of disasters which overload the available time and resources of the Fire Department.
In a large scale disaster, individuals and communities may have to rely on their own resources for food, water, rescue, and medical assistance for up to 72 hours (or more if the disaster is very severe). CERT team members are citizens who volunteered for 3 1/2 days of training in disaster preparedness, light search and rescue, emergency first aid, and handling of psychological trauma. They are trained to
Prepare their homes and cars before disaster strikes, and in a disaster:
Stay Safe
Help their Families
Help their Community
Help with problems throughout Culver City
in that order. After the initial hours of a disaster, CERT members are contacted as needed by telephone (if the disaster is not an earthquake) or by amateur radio operators (if the disaster is an earthquake -- see CCARES on the Blair Hills home page) to help the Fire Department with trouble areas in the city. This help will be coordinated through a chain of command and facilitated by the CCARES radio communication.
The CERT Program is designed to train residents to assist safety
personnel and City staff in the event of a major disaster. Volunteers from the
community are trained in first aid, light search and rescue, fire suppression,
and other skills that are critical in the first few hours of a disaster.
Culver City CERT is supervised by Captain Darryl Wells of the Culver City Fire
Department. After completing training, members are assigned to one of three
districts based on where they live. Team members are all volunteers and may be
called upon at anytime to assist the Culver City Fire Department with
sandbagging to prevent further storm damage, assist in the event of an
earthquake or other disaster, or any other time.
CERT members also receive additional training throughout the year in order to
better assist the Fire Department and Community. Including Sand Bag training,
CPR training, further training in hazardous material and different types of
first aid.