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Welcome To The

Community Emergency Response Team

  Beaufort County, South Carolina

September 1, 2008 - Special Advisory
In preparation for Hurricane Hanna, please go to the Ready America website of Homeland Security by clicking HERE. On this website, you can learn how to build your emergency supply kit and make an emergency plan.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, using the model created by the Los Angeles City Fire Department, began promoting nationwide use of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) concept in 1994. Since then, CERTs have been established in hundreds of communities. CERT training promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people that they serve. The goal is for emergency personnel to train members of neighborhoods, community organizations, or workplaces in basic response skills. CERT members are then integrated into the emergency response capability for their area.

CERT Training Includes:

Disaster Preparedness; Fire Safety; Disaster Medical Operations–Triage; Treating Life Threatening Injuries; Disaster Medical Operations– Assessment and Treatment; Hygiene; Light Search and Rescue; Team Organization; Disaster Psychology ;Terrorism and CERT Final Exercise.