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« on: March 15, 2006, 11:50:42 AM » |
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We do yearly refreshers for our CERT on the hands on skills...this is a requirement.
We taught on Photo Max (preserving your documents), life flight landing zones, a wilderness rafting handwashing system for the great outdoors.
We have a ICC tracking book for the county and each team commander to keep track of each member and their whereabouts, our county SOPs, how to make a femur traction splint with a cardboard box (when NO other EMS is available)...
Janet Lindquist
Millard County, UT
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sandilo
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« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2006, 10:50:48 AM » |
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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2006, 11:05:58 AM » |
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The refresher I recently completed in Fairfax County, VA included sessions on safe use of chain saws and their use for on-site manufacture of wedges and cribbing. Emphasis was on basic chain saw operation and safety. For urban dwellers who don't heat with wood this was a valuable familiarization. Especially a l;ecture from the Fire Dept. Safety Officer on typical chain saw injuries, recommended procedures, use of the chain break, PPE, and first aid considerations for severe bleeding injuries.
Another break-out session was on basic vehicle extrication, use of contact paper, duct tape and spring-loaded center punch to control and remove breaking auto glass, safety considerations for vehicle electrical systems, lifting and cribbing cars, use of bottle jacks, etc.
Important safety tip - DO NOT use a cheater bar on a bottle jack. The handle which comes with it is designed intentionally to bend so that you do not exceed the safe lifting capacity of the jack.
73 de KE4SKY - Fairfax County, VA CERT8
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« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2006, 08:00:36 PM » |
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We started an advanced CERT group in Federal Way, WA in June of 2005 and are looking to expand our training classes. Does anyone have any ideas?
So far we have done a HAMM radio class, CPR/First Aid, and Rope Rescue 101.
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« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2006, 05:33:37 AM » |
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2006, 05:00:28 PM » |
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Thank you. We just held a level II ropes and rescue class today that was a success. The city emergency manager is also planning a drill next month where we will test our handheld radio capacity.
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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2006, 05:43:44 PM » |
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You are welcome.
It sounds like you guys are getting a great start on your program.
Keep up the spirit!
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« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2006, 05:44:30 PM » |
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We are blessed to have an advisor from the police department who has been our advocate from the beginning of the advanced program. In January, the city emergency manager is going to shift the leadership of the advanced group to the volunteers, but he (as with our advisor from the police department) will move to an advisory role.
The team has grown from six people to fifteen in about a year. We are also planning to recruit members from the bi-annual CERT classes that the city teaches.
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« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2007, 06:13:35 AM » |
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A useful element for your "skills" toolbox is to know which knots to use for what purposes and how to tie them. There are a number of great websites that deal with knots and how to tie them but I want to point out http://www.animatedknots.com/. They have separate sections for search/rescue, boating, scouting, etc. We have used this as a resource prior to a hands-on refresher, using the various knots in training evolutions. |
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« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2008, 06:52:42 AM » |
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Refresher topics this year included:
"meth lab awareness" taught by fire dept. safety officer and police dept. drug enforcement unit.
Topics included, precursor chemicals, primary indicators, hazard identification, personal safety issues, treat as both hazmat and crime scene, immediate need to leave scene and contact law enforcement.
"improvised explosive awareness" - taught by fire dept. safety officer and police bomb squad. Topics included precursor chemicals, primary indicators - similarity to but different from meth labs, hazard identification, personal safety issues, treat as hazmat and potential terrorism immediately leave scene and contact law enforcement.
"infectious disease awareness" - taught by fire dept. safety officer and Dept. of Health,
Topics include: Risk Assessment for Medical ops and Traige, PPE and Personal Hygiene, Precautions to Minimize Exposures, Potentially Infectious Materials, Disaster conditions, Mechanisms of Transmission, Categories of Transmissible Organisms, Likely BioTerror Agents, Disaster Worker Protection,
Guidelines for exposure, Blood and Body Fluids.
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