IS-317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams
Note: This course and exam are now hosted on CitizenCorps website.
If you have completed IS 317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams after March 16, 2007, this course completion will not reflect within our database. Therefore, this course completion will not appear on your EMI Independent Study transcript or on the student record portion of your certificate.
Course Overview
"Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams", IS- 317, is an independent study course that serves as an introduction to CERT for those wanting to complete training or as a refresher for current team members. It has six modules with topics that include an Introduction to CERT, Fire Safety, Hazardous Material and Terrorist Incidents, Disaster Medical Operations, and Search and Rescue. It takes between six and eight hours to complete the course. Those successfully finishing it will receive a certification of completion from Citizen Corps.”
