Preregistration is required!
This event is sponsored by SoCal Gas and is being planned in partnership with Cal OES, LAFD CERT and Long Beach CERT.
This workshop is designed to teach CERT Programs how to create a CERT Volunteer Cadre for Disaster Response. Topics discussed include:
- Recent CERT and Listos disaster deployments
- Training classes beyond CERT Basic to prepare CERT Volunteers for deployment
- Background Checks
- Strategies and procedures for CERT Volunteer Callouts
- Presentation by Vance Taylor of Cal OES on training your CERT volunteers to engage disaster survivors that may have Access and Functional Needs and/or Disabilities
- Presentation by Anita Chant and Kathryn Chin of Cal OES on the Disaster Service Worker Volunteer Program