The Jackson-Madison EMA / District 10 hosted its latest CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Class at the Emergency Operations Center in Jackson, TN. Participants from throughout West Tennessee were in attendance, mostly from the Carl Perkins Center Exchange Club AmeriCore Program.
The CERT Candidates were instructed in various topic, including:
Disaster PreparationSearch & Rescue
Hazardous Materials
Terrorism
Disaster Psychology
Emergency Communications
Disaster Medical
Triage / Bandages
CERT Organization
These CERT Candidates will complete their training on June 7, 2008 at the Jackson Fire Department Training Center near the Fairgrounds. Here they will put through a field exercise including live fire suppression, Search and Rescue, Disaster First Aid and Triage.
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