The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Corps is offering a free emergency preparedness and response training academy beginning January 22, 2015.
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Academy provides citizens with information they need to help save lives and reduce trauma in the event of an emergency. CERT Academy training includes disaster preparedness, emergency medical techniques, fire safety, light search and rescue, disaster psychology and terrorism awareness education.
The CERT Academy offers 25 hours of training during six sessions over two weekends. Training is conducted by Citizen Corps staff and volunteers along with appropriate subject matter experts. The training is free and trainees are not required to become a Citizen Corps volunteer to participate.
Training takes place at the Regional Public Safety Training Center located at 5190 Spectrum Boulevard.
The dates are:
- Thursday, January 22 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
- Friday, January 23, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
- Saturday, January 24 from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Thursday, January 29, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
- Friday, January 30, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., and
- Saturday, January 31 from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
No special skills are required. Ages 12-17 may participate with a parent’s supervision.
To sign up for training, call CERT Program Manager Shirlee Rhodes at (775) 325-6928 or email: [email protected].
