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| Cert Name |
Huntington Beach CERT |
| Region Name |
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California |
| Cert Type |
County |
| Street Address |
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| City |
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| State |
CA |
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| Phone Number |
Not Provided
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| Status |
Approved |
| Cert Web Site |
| http://HB-CERT.org |
| Cert Description |
| Huntington Beach CERT was formed in 1991 following a tornado that struck 2 of the 133 (1/2-mile square) districts in the City. The City Police and Fire were heavily impacted and would have had been severely stretched had damage been more widespread. It was concluded that if every neighborhood, school, and business were to become self-sufficient and able to properly respond to a disaster, the overall public safety response would be faster, more efficient, and allow the City disaster responders to focus on the most urgent issues.
Now, each neighborhood, school, and business in Huntington Beach is invited to a yearly disaster preparedness series consisting of 8 classes encompassing 32 hours of hands-on activities that teach:
(1) Disaster Preparedness;
(2) First Aid/Triage;
(3) Light Search & Rescue;
(4) Damage Assessment, Security and Communications;
(5) CPR;
(6) Care & Shelter/Mental Health;
(7) Fire Safety/Fire Extinguisher Use/Hazard Mitigation;
(8) How to Manage your Disaster Team.
Once CERT volunteers graduate, they become City volunteers who help in the EOC, the field, and whereever help is needed in a disaster. CERT graduates are trained to care for their family, their neighborhood, and then respond to help the City recover from emergencies. In 1997, during El Nino winter storms, 110 CERT volunteers responded and sandbagged for three months prior to the storms for 5,527 disabled and elderly residents.
CERT is a great program and Huntington Beach recommends that every family participate in the CERT Program and complete all the available training. For further information contact: Glorria Morrison Huntington Beach EOC 714-536-5980 |
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