JaxCERT Training Series Overview

Week 1: Orientation/ Disaster Preparedness

Topics covered:

• Basic information about the course

• Goals of JaxCERT

• Duty descriptions for JaxCERT members

• Damage to the infrastructure and its effects on citizens and services

• The Emergency Management System in place

• Aftermath response operations

• The purpose and benefits of neighborhood teams

 Week 2: Disaster Fire Safety

Topics covered:

• Fire suppression using portable fire extinguishers

• What is too big for an extinguisher

• Personal and team safety considerations

 Week 3: Disaster Medical Ops. – Part 1

Topics covered:

• Recognizing and treating life threatening injuries

• Principles of triage

 Week 4: Disaster Medical Ops. – Part 2

Topics covered:

• Public health concerns

• Establishing treatment areas

• Basic victim evaluation/treatment

 Week5: Light Search and Rescue

Topics covered:

• Sizing up the rescue scene

• What precautions to take

• Levers, fulcrums, shoring, and stabilizing

 Week 6: Terrorism/Disaster Communication

Topics covered:

• What is terrorism and terrorist goals

• Ways to identify when a terrorist event has occurred or may be imminent

• CERT protocols for terrorist incidents

• Use of 2-way radio communications to organize CERT efforts

• Types of radio services available

 Week 7: Disaster Psychology & Team Organization

Topics covered:

• Post-disaster stress on rescuers and victims

• How to organize your CERT team

• Strategies for documentation

 Week 8: Disaster Exercise

• Practical use of all training