Subject: Fire District Provides Free Disaster Preparedness Training

Be Prepared...
Six evenings and a Saturday will prepare you to help yourself, your family, neighbors, and your community during a disaster.

The Woodside Fire Protection District will be holding a Community Emergency Response Training. Classes begin on Tuesday Feb 7th, 2011 at 6:30pm.

Evening classes will run for 6 Tuesday evenings, from 6:30pm to 9:00pm and will be held at Fire Station 19, 4091 Jefferson Ave. The Saturday exercise will be held on March 17th from 9:00am to 4:00pm at Fire Station 7, 3111 Woodside Road.

The purpose of Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) is to train people living in the community to take care of themselves, their families and their neighbors in the event of a disaster. The Federal Emergency Management Agency began promoting nationwide use of the CERT concept in 1994. Since then, hundreds of CERT programs have been established in communities across the country.

After a large scale disaster like 9/11 or the Loma Prieta earthquake, emergency services personnel will not be able to reach everyone in need right away. By attending CERT training classes, you will learn the skills to help save lives and protect property.

Classes are taught by Fire District personnel in basic fire suppression, utility control, light search and rescue and disaster medical. Other topics include disaster psychology and disaster incident management. The training involves six evening sessions and one Saturday session for a total of 22 hours. This training consists of interactive training, lectures and concludes with a hands on training exercise.

Classes are open to residents of the Woodside Fire Protection District. There is no charge for the classes. Students that are unable to attend all of the classes may take make up classes at a future date.

For more information or to register...
Visit: http://www.CERPP.org/cert
or Email: pvanhorn@woodsidefire.org
or Call: (650) 851-1594