Free Emergency Response Training For Residents

and other professional responders need your help and they're offereing training in Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) class that starts Oct. 19. Residents must register in advance. The classes are free.

Should there be a large earthquake, tornado, or other major disaster, the professional responders may be overwhelmed and cannot come to your aid immediately. It may take hours, days, or even weeks depending upon the scope of the event. That means citizens (you, your family and neighbors) will be on their own to help each other. 

West County EMS & Fire PD will be conducting CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) classes to teach citizens how to prepare for large events and how to SAFELY conduct light search and rescue missions in your neighborhood and/or work place. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) has developed this course and has provided course materials. See the attached for details. These classes total approximately twenty-two hours and will be held one night a week for six weeks plus one Saturday for a simulated exercise. 

The class schedule is as follows: 

1. Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm 

2. Wednesday, October 26, 2011 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm 

3. Wednesday, November 2, 2011 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm 

4. Wednesday, November 9, 2011 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm 

5. Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm 

6. Wednesday, November 30, 2011 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm 

7. Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 8:00am to noon 

Most of the classes will be held at the West County EMS & Fire headquarters at 223 Henry Avenue, Manchester, Mo 63011. THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE CLASSES. 

Class size will be limited to twenty participants. Please RSVP as soon as possible to reserve your seat in the class. To RSVP, contact Kim Bacon at kabacon@wescofire.org, or phone 636 227-9350 x3581.

Contact Cliff Smith by email or call 314 956-4573.

Visit FEMA or www.mvccc.us