Teen Community Emergency Response and Recovery Training/(Teen CERT)

Denver’s Disaster Ready Club

As a teen, there are probably a lot of things you are told you can’t do. But there is one very important thing you can do: Learn to protect yourself, your family and you friends in case of a disaster. The Denver Disaster Ready Club (DRC) training teaches you about the potential disasters that could affect the Denver Metro area and how to safely and responsibly respond to and recover from them. It is a national program of volunteers trained in disaster preparedness and emergency response. Volunteers come from all ages and all walks of life, including teenagers like you!

What You Learn: It takes about 24 hours to complete the CERT training. But the critical skills you learn will last your entire life. During the training you learn to:

• Extinguish small fires
• Conduct light search and rescue
• Assist those who are injured
• Set up medical treatment areas
• Assist emergency responders
• Identify and anticipate hazards
• Reduce fire hazards in the home and workplace
• Help reduce survivor stress
• And participate in a final disaster exercise

Why:  When an emergency/disaster hits, we can’t always depend on professional responders to be immediately available.  We would like to have our communities trained to help within their own communities.

Who: This training is open teen’s ages 14 – 17 years of age. We will accept up to 40 participants for this program.

When: Class will be held:  July 22, 23 and 24 2014 from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

(You must attend all class sessions (3 Days) in order to complete the course and receive a certificate for 24 hours of community service.)

Where: Class will be held at Denver Police District #1, 1311 W 46 Ave., Denver CO 80211

How much: The training is provided at NO COST to participants.

Sponsored by: H.S. Power and Light; Denver’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (OEMHS); Denver Police District #1; Denver Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and the Colorado North Central Region 

To register and more information: Registration is on line at www.Denvergov.org/DenverCERT. If you have any question, please email DenverCERT@Denvergov.org or call Carolyn H Bluhm at 303.725.3084.