CERT Training Materials

SONOMA COUNTY CERT ASSOCIATION

Promoting Community Emergency Response Team training
in Sonoma County Communities

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CERT MANUAL and VISUALS

Participant Manuals and Power Point Presentations

The manuals are available in Microsoft Word and PDF formats; the accompanying visuals files are in Power Point and PDF formats.

Word:

If you do not have MS Word on your computer, you can find a free Word Viewer at Microsoft's site.

If you are using a dial-up connection, you may wish to download the individual Word files, linked below.

The Word files are also available in a singled zipped file. If you do not already have a program that will unzip files, you can download and install CAMunzip, or PKWare, or WinZip.

PDF:

The manual is also available in two zipped PDF files. If you don't already have a program that opens PDF files, you can download free PDF viewers from Adobe or FoxIt.

Power Point:

The Power Point program is used to create slides and play slide shows. If you do not already have Power Point installed on your computer, you can download and install a free PP Viewer appropriate for your computer from Microsoft's site.

CERT Participant Manual & Power Point Visuals Files

Zipped Files
*MS Word:*	Complete Manual & Appendix
*PDF:*	Manual; Appendix
*Power Point:*	Complete Visuals (Manual & Appendix); Manual only; Appendix only
Manual Chapters
Individual Word Files:	Individual Power Point Files:
Cover	.
Table of Contents	.
Introduction	.
Unit 1: Disaster Preparedness	Unit 1
Unit 1: Additional Materials	.
Unit 2: Fire Safety	Unit 2
Unit 3: Disaster Medical Operations—Part 1	Unit 3
Unit 4: Disaster Medical Operations—Part 2	Unit 4
Unit 5: Light Search and Rescue Operations	Unit 5
Unit 5: SAR Additional Materials	.
Unit 6: CERT Organization	Unit 6
Unit 6A: CERT Organization Forms	.
Unit 7: Disaster Psychology	Unit 7
Unit 8: Terrorism and CERT	Unit 8
Unit 9: Course Review and Disaster Simulation	.
Manual Appendices
Individual Word Files:	Individual Power Point Files:
Appendix Table of Contents	.
Earthquake	Earthquake
Fires and Wildfires	Fires and Wildfires
Floods	Floods
Excessive Heat	Excessive Heat
Hurricanes and Coastal Storms	Hurricanes and Coastal Storms
Landslides and Mudflows	Landslides and Mudflows
Severe Thunderstorms	Severe Thunderstorms
Tornadoes	Tornadoes
Tsunamis	Tsunamis
Volcanoes	Volcanoes
Winter Storms	Winter Storms
Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies	Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies
Hazardous Materials Incidents	Hazardous Materials Incidents

NOTE: Reading the manuals will not make you a CERT. At the present time, there is no FEMA- or CitizenCorps-recognized CERT course that incorporates both home and instructor-led, hands-on elements.

You can take CitizenCorps' online CERT Course Overview (IS-317), and their Search & Rescue Tutorial. If there

Last updated: March 4, 2008
Contact Sonoma County CERT
Page: www.sccert.org/resources/cert-pm-ppt.html