Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training - Tucson

Want to help Tucson and the surrounding region during a disaster? Following a major disaster, it can take up to 3 days for first responders to reach victims. Getting trained in CERT is a great way to prepare yourself and your family for a disaster, and by joining a CERT team, you can respond to disasters in your community or elsewhere.

Training is FREE! It consists of 20 hours of classroom and hands-on training.Topics include fire safety, disaster medical operations, light search and rescue, and team organization. Once you receive a CERT certificate, you can join a CERT team anywhere in the U.S.

A CERT course will be held in February 2010at the Volunteer Center of Southern arizona.

DATES & TIMES:

• Friday, February 5, 2010- 5:00pm-9:00pm
• Saturday, February 6, 2010- 9:00am-5:00pm
• Sunday, February 7, 2010 - 9:00am-5:00pm

LOCATION: Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona, 924 N Alvernon Way, Tucson

CONTACT: To register, contact the Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, 520-881-3300, ext 130 or acarr@volunteersoaz.org.

MORE INFORMATION: For more information, visit www.citizencorps.gov/certor visit www.volunteercenterdisastercorps.webs.com