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Refresher - May 2We had a great CERT refresher on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the LA County Fairplex in Pomona.Recall Notice for MREs (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) A Class I Recall notice has been received from Boca Grande Foods, that there is a potential Salmonella contamination of peanut-based products which were supplied to SOPAKCO, Inc. The recalled Boca Grande Foods peanut butter is packaged in 1-oz and 2-oz squeeze packets and included in certain cases of Sure-Pak 12 Meals.Triangle of Life? Recently, an email has been circulating again which describes an alternative to the long-established "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" advice.LAFD CERT Photo ID Cards The LAFD CERT program DOES NOT issue photo ID cards for graduates of other CERT programs.Check our News Blog! We also have blogs for each of the battalions. |
NEW TO CERT? | What is CERT? | Why do the CERT training? How do I join? How did CERT start? |
CERT Syllabus | A flyer with description of the CERT classes. Also available in Spanish | |
Current CERT
Trainings |
If you haven't taken the CERT training yet, or you know someone who
wants to, or you want to review one class or all seven - we have lots
of classes on our schedule.
CERT is provided free of charge within the city of Los Angeles to anyone 18 or over. Classes are taught mornings, afternoons and evenings continually throughout the year in locations all over Los Angeles. Click on the link on the left to see the currently scheduled trainings. If you miss a class, you can go to any other location to make it up. Fill out the Operational Area Make-up Class Form, have the make-up class instructor sign it, and return the completed form to your original training agency. To schedule a class for your group, you need a minimum of 25 people to be trained and a location to hold the training. Then call the Disaster Preparedness Section at 818-756-9674. |
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CERT Community Meetings | Meet CERT graduates and
find out more about what we're doing. CERT Community Meetings are open
to the public. Go to the Community
Teams page to find out what your battalion is.
Monday, June 1
6:00 pm
-7:00 pm
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Battalions 3, 6 & 13 CERT Community Meeting
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Disaster Awareness Course | The Los Angeles Fire
Department's Disaster
Awareness Course was developed because of the need to educate
the Citizens of Los Angeles in Disaster Preparedness. This 3 1/2 hour training course will provide an overview of basic Disaster Preparedness and serve as an introduction to the comprehensive, 17 1/2 hour, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training. The Disaster Awareness Course is designed to fit the needs of various types of people or groups. The training provides these people with the information to help themselves, family, and co-workers during times of disaster. |
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CERT Manuals | CERT Participant Manuals in English and Spanish. | |
CERT GRADUATES | ||
CERT
Refresher May 2 |
The next CERT refresher will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the LA County Fairplex in Pomona. Sign up now! | |
Community Teams | Would you like to meet other CERT graduates in your community, find out what others are doing, and get extra training? Get in touch with the local contact person for your area and check the CERT Community Meetings calendar! | |
Quarterly Division Trainings | The Quarterly Division
Trainings provide either new
CERT-related training topics or review existing CERT topics to increase
the "Ready Responsiveness" of our CERT teams.
We offer one topic, three times, in three different locations in Los Angeles (once in each of our City Fire Divisions) over a 3-month period. That way, CERT members have three different opportunities to attend the training in three different locations. We offer four training topics each year. Tuesday, May 19
7:00 pm
-9:00 pm
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Quarterly Division Training - Triage - Division 2
Tuesday, June 23
7:00 pm
-9:00 pm
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Quarterly Division Training - Triage - Division 3
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Clarification of Opportunities |
What's the difference between a volunteer event and a CERT event? What forms do I need to fill out? Who can participate? |
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CERT Email List | If you'd like to keep informed of events, drills, changes to the website, or new opportunities that become available, please send us your name and email address. (The LAFD respects the confidentiality of any information you gave when you registered for your CERT training, and this website has no access to that information.) Also let us know if you're a CERT graduate or if you're still considering it or if you're from another city. Thank you! | |
CERT Forms | All eight CERT forms in English and Spanish. | |
Learn More about the LAFD | The February 2005 LAFD
newsletter, Fire Watch, had an extensive piece on CERT. Find out more
about the LAFD with other LAFD
Fire Watch newsletters.
The Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial offers one of the most exciting, realistic, and valuable fire service experiences available anywhere in the world, with two museum facilities, plus our new memorial plaza and the Fallen Firefighter Memorial. |
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ADVANCED CERT | Levels 2 and 3 | For
Fulfilling Our Mission, Mass Care: An Overview, Shelter Operations and
Shelter Simulation classes, go to the
Red Cross Disaster Training Schedule (When you go to a class, let the instructor know you are with CERT!) Saturday, October 3
9:00 am
-5:30 pm
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High Adventure First Aid (Level 3)
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Call-out Teams | In order to make the
call-out system more equitable, we have omitted the Division Call-Out
Teams and the REDY Team. There is one Call-Out Team for the City. This
will give everyone equal opportunity to respond.
Effective 04/01/08: Each Call-Out Team member shall:
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Drills, Events and Opportunities | Check the CERT Calendar for other ways to participate. |
CERT INFORMATION | Other CERT Programs | Find information on CERT in all 50 states, in high schools, colleges and universities, Teen SERT, CERT for educators, territorial CERT, international CERT and CERT support groups. |
CERT Program Ideas | Basic Training Ideas, CERT
Refresher Ideas, Recruiting and Retaining CERT Members, Uses of CERT in
Emergencies, Uses of CERT in Non-Emergencies
To stop recent spam attacks, you must register to post new messages. If you think of any other subjects, let us know. |
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CERT Resources | CERT Article in Fire
Watch, CERT Standard Operating Procedures, START - Simple Triage And
Rapid Treatment, CERT Incident Command System, Starting and Maintaining
a CERT Program, Lifts and Carries handout, CERT Trifold Wallet Card,
Spontaneous Volunteers, 2003 Citizen Corps Survey of U.S. Households,
The Connection, Making Triangle Bandages, Backboards and Splints,
Building Backboards, Building Shelves for your Emergency Equipment
Cache, Moulage Information Uses of CERT in Emergencies and Non-Emergencies have been moved to the CERT Program Ideas page. |
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CERT Manuals | CERT Participant Manuals in English and Spanish, CERT Instructor Guides (in English only), and CERT Visuals (PowerPoint) in English and Spanish. | |
CERT Forms | All eight Los Angeles CERT
forms in English and Spanish, and also
forms with no logos for other agencies. |
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CERT Conferences | Look for CERT / Citizen
Corps conferences around the country. |
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PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATION | Preparedness | Disaster supply checklists, home/personal/business preparedness |
Other Languages | Preparedness, terrorism, natural disasters and special needs materials in many other languages | |
Terrorism | Anthrax, smallpox, biological threats, chemical threats, nuclear threats, radiological threats, bomb threats, nuclear power plants, electromagnetic pulse, decontamination, explosions, the Homeland Security Advisory System and preparedness activities for each level | |
Natural Disasters and Risks | Africanized honey bees, carbon monoxide, drought, earthquakes, emergency water shortage, fires, floods (and sandbagging), heat waves, hurricanes, landslides, lightning, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanoes, wildfires, windstorms, winter storms | |
Special Considerations | Animals, automated
external defibrillator (AED), blackouts, chain saw safety, flu
(pandemic and avian), hazardous materials
in the home, children's interests, evacuation, shelter in place,
swimming pool
safety, SARS, secure furniture, strap water heater, mental health,
special needs (children,
seniors, disabled) |
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HAM RADIO | The
Emergency Operations Organization of the City of Los Angeles has
designated the Los Angeles Fire Department to manage its amateur radio
program under the Auxiliary
Communication Service agreement with the State Office of
Emergency Services. The Fire Chief has authorized the group to enroll
up to 500 licensed Hams to be trained to back up the Department's
800-MHz radio system, provide radio support to CERT members, their
families and their Battalion leadership and 40-meter support to USAR
for passing health and welfare traffic. If you are a licensed amateur
radio operator who desires to serve the Department and the community,
tune in to the LAFD-ACS NET on Monday evenings at 1930. Those
interested can check in on or listen to 147.30 MHz (+) PL-110 or 224.68
MHz (-) PL-114. Contact Captain Kevin Nida, the Los Angeles Fire Department's City Radio Officer at (213) 978-3536 or e-mail him at kevin.nida@lacity.org. |
The LAFD CERT Training only conducts non-discriminatory classes.
Non-discrimination includes race, religion, gender, and group affiliations.
For full text of the Policy as stated to the Instructors, please read non-discrimination.pdf
As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and, upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure equal access to its programs, services, and activities. For additional information, please contact the Los Angeles Fire Department, Disaster Preparedness Section, at 818-756-9674 (Voice), 213-473-7704 (TDD), or lafdcert@lacity.org (Email).
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updated: 03 May 2009
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