Survival. Mama's Point of View
CERT conducts disaster drills in your area on a regular basis. Here, we have them every March, and every September.
Play along, you just might learn something. (or allow someone to learn something that might save your life in the event of a real disaster)
CERT: Certified Emergency Response Team
In Utah: Utah CERT
National: Search by Zip Code
Find yours. Plug in.
If your schedule is cram packed, you don’t have to be CERT licensed (but it would drastically help with childhood bang-ups), you don’t have to volunteer, but know who is directing your information during critical moments in your neighborhood in the event of a disaster.
Disaster strikes one hour from now.
What do you do?
Who do you call?
Who is your Block Leader? Area Leader?
CERT came about in the 70s after massive wildfires ravaged most of California. When leaders looked back to figure out what they could have done differently, they learned the information never got from the Officials leading the operation to the homeowners.
CERT is about organizing information.
A Block Leader checks on the houses in their assigned territory (usually their side of the street), reports to an Team Leader, who reports to an Area Leader, who reports to the “City” officals handling the emergency. And communications flows back down the same way.
Reach out. Find out who is directing your communication in the event of an emergency.
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