(Springfield’s News Talk 104.1) – The Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will host a free Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Academy April 13th and 20th.
Each day of instruction will last around eight hours and is designed to help prepare local citizens for what to do if they are impacted by an emergency.
Students will learn basic disaster response skills, such as:
Fire safety and suppression;
Light search and rescue;
Disaster medical operations and first aid; and
CERT Team organization.
Those who complete the course will have the opportunity to become a member of the Springfield-Greene County CERT team.
The CERT team assists first responders in times of emergency, such as post-storm damage assessment and searching for missing persons, and for special events such as manning the First Aid booth at the Ozark Empire Fair.
If you would like to sign up for this free training, you can visit www.greenecountymo.gov/oem (full link: https://greenecountymo.gov/oem/community_programs/cert/training.php). If you have any questions or would like more information, you can email vbell@greenecountymo.gov or call her at 417.869.6040.
