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Basic Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) - G317-010

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Full Description
Course Dates:
*PLEASE NOTE: Non-traditional scheduling (weekend & split days)*
January 24 & 31, 2026
8:00AM - 6:00PM both days

Course Length: 20 hours.

Course Description:
The Basic 20-hour CERT course is delivered in the community by a team of first responders who have the requisite knowledge and skills to instruct the sessions.
The training consists of the following:

• Disaster Preparedness: Addresses hazards to which people are vulnerable in their community,

• Disaster Fire Suppression: Briefly covers fire chemistry, hazardous materials, fire hazards, and fire suppression strategies,

• Disaster Medical Operations Part I: Participants practice diagnosing and treating airway obstruction, bleeding, and shock by using simple triage and rapid treatment techniques,

• Disaster Medical Operations Part II: Covers evaluating patients by doing a head to toe assessment, establishing a medical treatment area, performing basic first aid, and practicing in a safe and sanitary manner,

• Light Search and Rescue Operations: Participants learn about search and rescue planning, size-up, search techniques, rescue techniques, and most important, rescuer safety,

• Disaster Psychology: Covers signs and symptoms that might be experienced by the disaster victim and worker. It addresses CERT organization and management principles and the need for documentation,

• Course Review and Disaster Simulation: Participants review for the final examination. Finally, they practice the skills that they have learned during the previous six sessions in disaster activity.

During each session participants are required to bring safety equipment (gloves, goggles, mask) and disaster supplies (bandages, flashlight, dressings) which will be used during the session. By doing this for each session, participants are building a disaster response kit of items that they will need during a disaster.
Training Dates
01/24/2026 - 01/31/2026
Training Times
08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Prerequisites
None Specified
Registration Dates
07/28/2025 - 01/25/2026
Available Seats
20
Hours
20h 0m
Fee
None Specified
Training Location
Maricopa Fire and Medical Admin Building
20340 N. Estrella Parkway
Training Room
Maricopa, AZ  85139
Reporting Instructions
None Specified
Signup Details
*Enrollment Policy: Students must have the status of “Enrolled” to attend any class or event. Students who are “Waitlisted” or “Pending Approval” will not be allowed to attend the class. If a student needs to cancel enrollment, please do so as early as possible to allow someone on the waitlist to be enrolled.

*Attendance Policy: Students must attend at least 90% of the class to be able to receive credit. Should a student need to miss any portion of the class, they must contact the DEMA Training Branch beforehand for further information.
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