Glendale Co-Hosting CERT Fall Session

Police departments in Glendale, Rock Hill, Maplewood and Brentwood are teaming up to host a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training session this fall.

Interested in joining the team? Here's what you need to know:

1. What is CERT? According to a release from Glendale, "In CERT, teams of citizens are trained to take care of themselves and then help others in their communities for the first three days following a disaster. This is when debris-clogged or damaged roads, disrupted communications, or high volume
   of calls may prevent access by emergency response personnel. The purpose of CERT training is to provide citizens with the basic skills required to handle virtually all their own needs and then be able to respond to their community’s needs in the aftermath of a disaster."
2. Training will focus on disaster preparedness, first aid, fire suppression, disaster psychology, terrorism response and light search and rescue.
3. The first training session is Sept. 24 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Glendale City Hall.
4. The next classes will be held: Sept. 26, Oct. 1 and Oct. 3 from 6 to 10 p.m.; and Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
5. Team members from fire and police departments will be instructing the course, which totals 21 hours of training over two weeks.
6. Registration starts Sept. 1.
7. Class size caps at 25 participants.
8. To register, contact Susan Cacioppo at 314-963-8612, or scacioppo@brentwoodmo.org.