For Immediate Release
| PR #: | 1300051 |
| Date Issued: | May 20, 2013 - 11:07am |
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Sheriff's Citizen Corps offers free emergency preparation and response training in June |
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The Washoe County Sheriff's Office Citizen Corps is offering a free emergency preparedness and response training academy beginning June 6.
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Academy provides residents with the information they need to help save lives and reduce trauma in the event of an emergency. CERT Academy training includes disaster preparedness, emergency medical techniques, fire safety, search and rescue, disaster psychology, and terrorism awareness education.
Training is conducted by Citizen Corps staff and volunteers along with appropriate subject matter experts. The training is free and trainees are not required to become a Citizen Corps volunteer to participate.
The CERT Academy offers a total of 24 hours of training during six sessions over two consecutive weekends. Training takes place at the Regional Public Safety Training Center located at 5190 Spectrum Blvd. Academy dates are:
Thursday, June 6 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Friday, June 7, from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., and Saturday, June 8 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Thursday, June 13, from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Friday, June 14, from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, June 15 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
No special skills are required. Children 12-15 may participate with parent's supervision, teens 16-17 with parent's permission. To sign up for training, call CERT Program Coordinator Derek Russell at (775) 325-6928 or email: drussell@washoecounty.us
Approximately 500 volunteers currently serve in the Sheriff's Office Citizen Corps. The Corps consists of five teams: Sheriff's Mobile Auxiliary Response Team, Citizens Homeland Security Council, Community Emergency Response Team and Animal Rescue Team.
The Community Emergency Response Team program is made possible by grants awarded by the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management from the Homeland Security Grant Program and the Citizen Corps Grant Program. These funds make it possible to implement and support all of the Sheriff's Office volunteer Citizen Corps Programs.
For more information about the Washoe County Citizen Corps, visit http://www.wcsovolunteer.org/.
The Washoe County Sheriff's Office is dedicated to preserving a safe and secure community with professionalism, respect, integrity and the highest commitment to equality. Sheriff Darin Balaam is the 27th person elected to serve as the Sheriff of Washoe County since the Office was created in 1861. The Washoe County Sheriff's Office strives to ensure public safety by building trust and creating partnerships within the diverse communities in which we serve. We will promote the dignity of all people supported by our words and actions through open communication while fostering an environment of professionalism, integrity and mutual respect.
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