CERT Basic Training Participant Manual

“ToucanEd has developed materials for our county that can be customized for any CERT team, and we are proud that there are CERTs throughout the United States already using them.” —Jeff Terpstra, Fire Chief, Aptos Train your CERT team and prepare them to handle disasters Teach your team the roles and responsibilities for community preparedness, elements of disasters, personal and organizational preparedness, and the role of CERTs. The CERT Basic Training Participant Manual is the guide the trainees need to follow the instructor guided course. FEMA recognizes the importance of preparing citizens. The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) and the National Fire Academy adopted and expanded the CERT materials believing them applicable to all hazards. Using the official FEMA files, ToucanEd has organized the CERT Basic Training materials into binders that are ready to go. Training Units: CERT Unit 1: Disaster Preparedness CERT Unit 2: CERT Organization CERT Unit 3: Disaster Medical Operati