CERT Refresher – Communications & Documentation
Event Information
Description
CERT REFRESHER CLASS – Communication & Documentation
This is an initial CERT actions review and skills application class. Skills for this CERT Refresher will focus on the CERT member's ability to:
· Documentation tools for CERT initial actions
· Documentation in ICS structures-Organize member mobilization
· Damage assessment documentation-Key points
· Documentation for Search and Rescue
· Radio communications-Clear and concise
· Additional forms of communications for CERT
For additional information please visit Santa Clara County Fire Department www.SCCFD.org or contact your local CERT leader.
Important Items to Bring:
· Your CERT ID Badge/Card or Photo ID
· CERT Field Operations Guide (provided in class if you do not have one)
This training class is open to CERT members who live or work within the communities served by Santa Clara County Fire Department: Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos/Monte Sereno, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Saratoga and the unincorporated surrounding areas.
Organizer Santa Clara County Fire Department
Organizer of CERT Refresher – Communications & Documentation
Established in 1947, the Santa Clara County Fire Department provides fire services for Santa Clara County, California (light green in the map below) and the communities of Campbell, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, and Saratoga. The department also provides protection for the unincorporated areas adjacent to those cities. The department's area of coverage is shown in dark green in the map below.
SCCFD Area of Coverage
Wrapping in an approximately 20 mile arc around the southern end of "Silicon Valley", the Santa Clara County Fire Department has grown to include 15 fire stations, an administrative headquarters, a maintenance facility, five other support facilities, 19 pieces of apparatus and 3 command vehicles, to cover 128.3 square miles (267 square km) and a population of over 226,700.
