MONROE — The Department of Emergency Management for the Town of Monroe is announcing a training program for persons interested in being part of a local Community Emergency Response Team.
Training sessions will take place on two Friday evenings and two Saturdays in May. Most of the training sessions will take place at the Monroe Senior Center, 235 Cutlers Farm Road. Participants will become trained to help family, friends, neighbors and the community as they actively assist Monroe’s Emergency Services during emergencies such as snow storms, floods or natural and man-made incidents.
These training sessions will be conducted by eight local members of the Monroe CERT, all of whom have been certified as CERT Instructors by the Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Other local instructorsfrom town police, fire and emergency medical service will assist in the training. Persons interested in being certified as CERT members need to be trained for a minimum of 20 hours. There is no cost for this training. CERT volunteers are trained in a variety of emergency skills, such as disaster psychology, first aid, CPR and AED, fire safety, traffic control, hazardous materials awareness, emergency shelters, light search and rescue, disaster scenarios and terrorism.
For more information and a registration form, visit http://www.monroect.org/CERT. Those interested in information should email DYork@ MonroeCt.org or call 203-650-8474. The class is limited to 25 people so interested persons should register as soon as possible. Participants must be 18 years or older.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Monroe-seeking-emergency-response-volunteers-13730334.php
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