The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training Course. The first such course offerred in
Caldwell County, is comprised of 4-hour class sessions which run for 5 weeks (20 hours total). The training is sponsored by the Caldwell County Department of Emergency Management in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. Goals of the course is to promote community involvement in times of disasters (natural & man-made) and to supplant the efforts of existing emergency personnel. Light Search & Rescue, incipient-stage Fire Extinguishment, Basic First Aid, Triage of trauma patients, and the setup of Treatment Areas are only part of the subjects that will be covered during the course.
The instructor...
The class...
As part of the first-night class session, the instructor assigned a 15 minute project. Divided into Group 1 and Group 2, each group was given a certain amount of supplies (a box of paper clips, a roll of masking tape, 41 sheets of typing paper, a file folder, and 5 index cards) to build a self-standing structure at least 5-feet tall. The underlying goal of this "fun" project was to promote ingenuity, leadership, and teamwork using only the materials on hand.
Group 2 working withTripod design
Group 2 - Triumphant winners!!
Group 1 chose a vertical tubular design
Group 1 - Well, er ah, triumphant losers!
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