CERT

See calendar for CERT training schedule

• Module 1 – Disaster Preparedness
• Module 2 - Disaster Fire Suppression
• Module 3 – Disaster Medical Operations part 1
• Module 4 – Disaster Medical Operations part 2
• Module 5 – Light Search and Rescue Operations
• Module 6 – Disaster Psychology and Team Organization
• Module 7 – Terrorism and CERT
• Module 8 – Wildland Fire in the Urban Interface

Course A – Orientation

Available at all monthly meetings

• Brief history of MERRAG Committee Structure
• Importance and use of local communications (radios, pagers, phone tree)
• Hands on exercises
• Involvement in monthly meetings/training
• Participation in community emergencies

Course B – CPR/First Aid

Dates vary
FYI: Montecito Fire offers CPR instruction on the 1st Saturday of each month.
Call 969-7762 to reserve a spot.

• Personal preparation for disasters
• First Aid & CPR
• Fire Suppression Techniques
• Supplemental experience with MERRAG radio and pagers
• Introduction to outside services (Red Cross, OES, and CERT)

Course C – Advanced Emergency Management Systems

Dates vary – All of this and more is offered in CERT Module 6

• MERRAG Activation Procedures
• Radio usage
• Nationally used emergency management concepts, including coordination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures and communications
• To prepare MERRAG members to assist Fire Department and local officials in emergencies (operations, planning, logistics, administration)
• ICS - Incident Command System
• SEMS - Standardized Emergency Management System

Course D – Communication Van Orientation

Available at all monthly meetings

Learn how to operate the Communication Van Including:

• Location of keys
• Generator usage
• Supply Locations