miercuri, 2 aprilie 2014

CERT Products Improve Safety In Times Of Crisis

By Eric Holm


Community Emergency Response Teams, called CERTs for short, train people on how to prepare for when disasters strike suddenly. They teach people how they can survive when disasters strike. Among the skills that are taught are fire safety, team organization, disaster medical operations and light search and rescue. These courses are given in a formal style in a classroom and according to a training schedule. Once the skills are acquired, these team members can then offer help during disasters, regardless of where they take place or their magnitude. This vital service assists during the time it takes for professional rescue services to arrive.

The city fire department of Los Angeles, LAFD, developed as well as implemented this concept in 1985. The need for these measures was immediately felt during 1987 when a large earthquake occurred in the Whittier Narrows part of the county of Los Angeles in California. Because of this, the LAFD created a bench for disaster preparedness which had the intention to train individuals as well as employees of the government and private companies. CERT is important for training people to deal with any type of disaster. It helps them to understand how much they will be able to help their loved ones, even if there are no emergency supplies.

In case of emergency crises, professional CERT training and emergency CERT products can come in real handy. CERT products such a emergency response kit combined with the CERT Field Manual can help save lives when professional medical assistance or emergency help are not at hand. In order to have a global reach, CERT offers a number of allied non-technical products too, and these may include the famed baseball hat or bull horn, each of which are as good as the core CERT products.

Community Emergency Response Teams have to have many emergency products to do their job such as a 3 day or 72 hour emergency kit. Among the typical CERT emergency supplies are trauma kits and supplies, medical emergency kits and supplies, first aid kits and first aid cabinets. CERT products are not only available to members of an actual response team. They are also available to individuals for their own safety and that of their neighbors.

You can buy the CERT supplies and first aid kits by either visiting a store or from online retailers. Getting the CERT colors and logo's on your teams gear is important and helps the public know you are on a CERT team. The logo as well as the colors can be found on products like survival backpacks, bull horns, embroidered patches, field manuals, form books, polo shirts, action response units, hard hats, emergency ponchos, EVAC roll stretchers, etc. So, make haste and buy the emergency products that you may need in crisis situations.




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