The next Pinelands Community Emergency Response Team training course starts in April. The training is free, and after graduation you have the option to join the local Pinelands Regional CERT.
If you join a Community Emergency Response Team, you will receive basic-level training in basic emergency management, basic first aid, CERT operations, disaster fire suppression, disaster mental health, disaster simulation — skills review, family disaster preparedness and medical operations.
Total training is usually 18 hours, scheduled in two to four hour modules, over a period of weeks or months, in order to address the scheduling needs of team members.
It is held in the community where you live.
Training courses, student materials, and equipment are provided free of charge.
For more information or to get involved in your local CERT program, visit www.co.burlington.nj.us/449/Training.
