The City of West Hollywood is getting out the word that the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team (“CERT”) is presenting CERT Training.
Following a disaster, police, fire, and medical professionals may not be able to meet the immediate demand for emergency medical attention. Residents and neighbors may need to rely upon one another to help with immediate life-saving needs. CERT Training was developed through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide basic fire safety and life-saving skills.
West Hollywood CERT Training is free and will take place on Saturday, October 15, 2022; Saturday, October 22, 2022; and Saturday, October 29, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the West Hollywood Park Aquatic and Recreation Center, located at 8750 El Tovar Place. Space is limited. Participants must register in advance and attend all three sessions to receive a certificate of completion.
CERT Training participants will learn valuable survival skills, including disaster preparedness, terrorism, disaster fire suppression, disaster psychology, disaster medical operations, light search and rescue, team organization, and drill simulation, which can be vital in the immediate aftermath of a major disaster.
To register for CERT Training, please visit the LA County Fire Department CERT training website.
For more information, please contact Jessica Anukam, the City of West Hollywood’s Public Safety Specialist, at (323) 848-6436 or at [email protected]. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.
Will our Block by Block “Security” Ambassadors be getting this training?
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Class = 3 consecutive Saturdays
Another useful concept is the practice of Fire Drills in apartment & condo complexes. Additionally the owner of our historic building had the fire dept come by to show off how everything was in place with an absence of storage hazards other debilitating factors. City Hall is required to have the Planning Department manage these issues under Mills Act contracts but do not. BTW after the earthquake , the owner rejected FEMA funds and got her building up to snuff pronto.
I’ve taken this training and it is very useful and important considering we live in Earthquake country. Looking at the County Fire website I do not however see anywhere to register. If you have an active link please put it in the article.
City gave me the link to apply: Cert Training
This is all well and good. However, as the possibility of nuclear war is very real, how will we be alerted to incoming missles? The sirens of decades ago have long vanished. There used to be one, as I recall, in WH Park. So, now what?
Will the city revive its sponsorship of CERT? That means providing minimal funds for drills, meeting space and inclusion in the emergency management plan???