Public Classes
Unless otherwise specified, all classes are only one session and are free of charge.
The following age rules apply in combination with the minimum ages set for the classes.
- 13 to 15 years old, requires parent/guardian attendance
- 16 or 17 years old, requires parent/guardian written permission
- 18 years old or older, no restrictions
Note: Although classes may be visible in the Volunteer Management System (VMS) earlier, you cannot effectively sign up more than three months before the start of the class. Any registrations made outside the three month window will be deleted.
If you discover that you are unable to attend a class for which you have registered, please unregister soCERT that someone else can use your spot.
You can login and find all upcoming Volunteer Management System (VMS) CERT classes and opportunities here:
PUBLIC CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
CERT BASIC COURSE
CERT Basic Course helps people prepare for, respond to, and recover from everyday emergencies up to large scale disasters. The skills you learn in this class can help you provide life-saving care for victims until advanced help arrives. Additionally, this class helps you prepare yourself, your family, and your community for emergencies/disasters.
This eight-session course covers the following:
Disaster Preparedness
Terrorism Awareness
CERT Organization
Disaster Psychology
Fire Safety & Utility Controls
Disaster Medical Operations
Light Search and Rescue
Community Service: CERT is authorized to give credit for class hours for students who have attended all classes and the final exercise.
Be Stroke SMART
Every 40 seconds someone suffers a stroke! Every 4 minutes someone dies from a stroke! Strokes are the 3rd Leading cause of Death for women and the 4th leading cause of death for people over 65 years old. Do you know how to spot a stroke before it is too late to save a life? This short class (1.5 hours) will inform you of the cause of strokes and how to recognize them early enough to save a life and minimize the potential for disability. The life you save could be your parent, sibling, or your life partner. By sharing this information, you may save your own life!
CERT Emergency Preparedness Workshop
Be Ready for Emergencies. Act ahead of time to be ready for an emergency (PREPARE). This helps protect life and property in an emergency (Respond), rebuild from an emergency (Recover), and minimize the effects of emergencies (Mitigate). The Workshop planning approach helps prepare for emergencies using four actions to take that make a difference. Creating Plans, Being Informed, Building Kits, and Getting Trained. With these actions you can reduce the potential impact of emergencies (disasters) from threats and hazards to save lives and reduce trauma. This workshop is designed as two sessions and with a pre-course one-page draft plan as homework. (Before the course starts). The first is a virtual presentation and discussion. Between the first and second session you have the time to explore several decisions and finalize checklists for action planning that is critical for successful emergency preparedness. The second session is an in-person workshop to finalize your emergency preparedness plan, check out emergency kits, and explore emergency food pantry items and safe drinking water sources. We will even taste test a couple of types of emergency meals. This course is open to and recommended for the public.
Revive! Opioid Overdose Training – Narcan/Naloxone
Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education trainings (REVIVE Training) teaches individuals what to do and not do in an overdose situation, how to administer naloxone, and what to do afterwards. Upon completion of the training participants receive a free box of naloxone so they will have it if they need it.
Stop The Bleed
A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes. While emergency responders will arrive as quickly as possible, bystanders are almost always there first. In the case of disaster and high-casualty incidents, emergency services are often spread thin. This is where Stop The Bleed! helps. This training program will teach you to stop severe bleeding and Save a Life! WILL YOU BE READY? STOP THE BLEED is a training program created to train bystanders in life-saving techniques. With the rise of active shooter situations in schools, churches, public meeting places, malls, government facilities and even office buildings, it is vital that individuals are trained in basic life-saving techniques, such as how to properly use a tourniquet, hemostatic blood clotting agents, such as QuikClot, or even apply a chest seal. Everything that can be done to save a person’s life is done in the first five minutes! What would you do if you were faced with the unimaginable?
Surviving an Active Shooter
This course will cover the actions you should take in active shooter situations including the basics of Run, Hide, Fight.