Community Emergency Response Team Train the Trainer

 April 24, 25 and 26, 2014, 8 am to 5 pm

(This is a three day course)

 What:         The course introduces potential instructors to the CERT curriculum and covers administrative issues and prepares trainers to teach the class by demonstrating instructional methods. This course is required for instructors prior to teaching class.  Typically, CERT instructors act in a volunteer capacity.
Instructors come from a variety of backgrounds that include volunteers (general public) attending at the request of their sponsoring local CERT program, emergency management, fire, law enforcement, search and rescue team members and EMS responders.

Attendees that successfully complete the prerequisites (background check, EMI online courses listed below) and the course can be added to the Denver CERT program and/or the Colorado CERT Trainer database maintained by The Office of Preparedness located in the Division of Homeland Security.

Where:           American Red Cross,   444 Sherman,  Denver, CO
Register:      on line at – www.denvergov.org/denverCERT

Target Audience:  Future CERT course instructors

Additional Requirements/Prerequisites:
Certificate of Completion of the classroom CERT course (IS/G317) and hands-on exercise (waivers only for Law Enforcement, Firefighters, and EMS Personnel);

(On Line Courses)
Certificates of completion -IS100 (http://emilms.fema.gov/IS100b/index.htm);
Certificates of completion – IS700 (http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/is/is700a.asp);
Background Check; Signed Train the Trainer Agreement;
Sponsoring agencies approval (Denver can be your supporting agency)

***Other on line recommended free courses are:
IS-120.a An Introduction to Exercises (http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS120A.asp),
IS-265 – Basic Instructional Skills (http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is265.asp) and
IS-244.a Developing and Managing Volunteers (http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is244a.asp 

Please note: lunch is NOT provided, however, there are numerous locations nearby and an adequate lunch break will be provided.

For more information contact Carolyn H Bluhm at DenverCERT@denvergov.org or 720.865.7600 or 303.725.3084