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About The Burnet County CERT Program

Burnet County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program

Local  government prepares for everyday emergencies. However, during a   disaster, the number and scope of incidents can overwhelm conventional   emergency services. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)  program  trains ordinary citizens in how to help themselves and their  neighbors  in the event of disasters. This valuable course is designed  to help you protect yourself, your family, neighbors, and your neighborhood in an emergency situation.


The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program  educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact   their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as   fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster  medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and   during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood  or workplace following an event when professional responders are not  immediately available to help. CERT members are encouraged to  support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in  emergency preparedness projects in the community. CERT Volunteers may  be called upon to assist in organized disaster response.


The CERT training program is designed to fit into community members’ ordinary  schedules. The training is divided up into eight three-hour  modules.During that time, trainees will have classes on the National   CERT program, the organizational structure used by government agencies   in disasters, basic first aid techniques, basic search and rescue  techniques, and ways to ensure that the individual trainee and his or  her family members are prepared for a local disaster. The final training  session includes a disaster simulation to give volunteers the ability to apply their newly acquired skills in a simulated environment. Through  training, citizens can manage utilities and put out small fires;  treat  the three killers by opening airways, controlling bleeding, and  treating for shock; provide basic medical aid; search for and rescue  victims safely and organize themselves and spontaneous volunteers to be effective.

CERT training is provided free-of-charge.

Our  program is a part of the Burnet County Office of  Emergency Management.  In addition to this initial basic training, CERT  volunteers are  offered continuing education classes in order to refresh and enhance their skills. We anticipate continued success in training  our citizens  to take personal responsibility for themselves and their  families, and  to support their community during an emergency or disaster.


CERT is about readiness, people helping people, rescuer safety and doing the greatest good for the greatest number. CERT is a positive and realistic approach to emergency and disaster situations where most of our citizens will initially be on their own and  their actions can make a difference.

If  emergency res-ponders are not available people will have to rely on each other for help in order to meet their immediate life saving and  life sustaining needs.

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