Unit 1: CERT Disaster Preparedness

We keep hearing the refrain - it’s not ‘if’ but ‘when’, and although emergency personnel are the best equipped to handle emergencies, they may not be immediately available after a disaster, or too busy during one to respond to your specific call. Members of your community may have to rely on their own resources for water, food, first aid and shelter. This course on basic disaster preparedness teaches the first steps necessary to prepare you and your family to be equipped to handle whatever comes your way before and following a disaster; whether it is from an earthquake, fire, or the multitude of other events that may occur in Berkeley and the surrounding Bay Area.

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