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EMERGENCY
TRAINING OFFERED FREE TO PUBLIC
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 Centerville Journal
- 1/31/06
by Amy L. Plucker
The Turner County Citizen Corp Council, through the Office
of Emergency Management will offer its first Community
Emergency Response Team (CERT) training course to citizens
in Turner County.
CERT is a group of people organized as a neighborhood based
team that receives special training to enhance their ability
to recognize, respond to, and recover from a major emergency
or disaster situation. Teams are trained by professional
responders in areas that will help them take care of
themselves and others before, during and after an emergency,
tornadoes, thunderstorms, and fires As an organized team,
individuals can provide vital services in the absence of and
while waiting for the arrival of emergency responders, and
often they assist once responders arrive.
The 20-hour course will run six evenings 6:30-9:30 p.m.,
February 6, 7,13 and March 7, 13, 14. Training will be held
at the Hurley Fire Hall Community Room, Hurley SD. Training
is free to the public. Anyone interested should contact
Robin Hanten, Turner County CERT Coordinator at 327-3214 or
contact the Turner County Office of Emergency Management at
297-6000.
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