SEPTEMBER 9 & 10:
National Preparedness Month - CERT Weekend
September is National Preparedness Month. As CERTs you understand the necessity of remaining prepared for any type of emergency. To maintain the skills of our Connecticut CERTs we will have a CERT Weekend on the weekend of September 9th and 10th at the Connecticut Fire Academy in Windsor Locks.
The event will occur from 8:00 a.m. till 4 p.m. All Connecticut CERTs are invited to attend and practice some of the skills that they learned in CERT training. Chief Elected Officials, Board of Education Members, and all CERT members are invited to attend.
CERT activities will include Fire Extinguisher use, Cribbing, Triage, Kid's Safety House (Train-the-Trainer), Home Safety Check Training and a Maze Confidence Course. Saturday morning, Detective Pat Chagnon from the Office of Domestic Terrorism will talk about "Operation Safeguard." This is a public outreach program designed to generate public awareness within private industry and sectors by providing descriptions of potential terrorist indicators and suspicious activities and its effect on our lifestyle.
Haley Rich, another guest speaker will talk about the Teen SERT program and will give a demonstration on Moulage Techniques. We have purchased four Moulage Kits that will be used for the demonstration on how to make your team members look really injured. At the completion of the moulage demonstrations, class participants will be entered in a drawing and four winners will take home the used moulage kits if they like, (State employees who are participating in the training in their official capacities are not eligible to win). Sunday afternoon, the guest speakers will be Dr. Peter S. Conserva (V.M.D.) and Dr. Arnie Goldman (D.M.V.) from the CT SART (Connecticut State Animal Response Team.) They will give an informative presentation about planning, preparation, recovery, rescue, standard operating and safety procedures involving animals.
A light breakfast and a lunch will be provided for those attending. The activities will be repeated on both days, to ensure that as many of our CERTs can attend as possible. Please see the schedule for the events of the CERT Weekend.
I would like to thank you in advance for your participation in our Second CERT Weekend.
SATURDAY EVENTS
0800-0830 - Continental Breakfast
0840-0850 - Opening Remarks-Auditorium
0900-1030 - Effects of Terrorism-Operation Safeguard (Morning Key Speaker)
0900-1030 - CPR Demonstration 0900-1030 - Cribbing
1040-1200 - Kid's Safety House (Train the Trainer)
1040-1200 - Public Education Home Safety Check Training
1040-1200 - Portable Fire Extinguishers
1040-1200 - Triage
1200-1300 - Lunch
1300-1430 - Kid's Safety House (Train the Trainer)
1300-1430 - Public Education Home Safety Check Training
1300-1430 - Cribbing
1440-1600 - Teen SERT & Moulage Demonstrations (Afternoon Key Speaker)
1440-1600 - Portable Fire Extinguishers 1440-1600 - Maze Confidence Course
SUNDAY EVENTS
0800-0830 - Continental Breakfast
0840-0850 - Opening Remarks-Auditorium
0900-1030 - Teen SERT & Moulage Demonstrations (Morning Key Speaker)
0900-1030 - CPR Demonstration
0900-1030 - Cribbing
1040-1200 - Kid's Safety House (Train the Trainer)
1040-1200 - Public Education Home Safety Check Training
1040-1200 - Portable Fire Extinguishers
1040-1200 - Triage
1200-1300 - Lunch
1300-1430 - SART (State Animal Response Team) - (Afternoon Key Speaker)
1300-1430 - Cribbing
1440-1600 - Kid's Safety House (Train the Trainer)
1440-1600 - Maze Confidence Course
1440-1600 - Portable Fire Extinguishers
Directions: Google map directions click here
Location: Connecticut Fire Academy, 34 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks, CT
This event is 12 miles from you (06105).
8 AM - 4 PM
Contact: Sharon G. Mazzochi
Email: sharon.mazzochi@po.state.ct.us
Phone: (860)706-5517
171 of 200 seats still available
Last day to register: 9/1/2006
Online registration is required. Please go to the following link to register:Click here to follow link to register
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