Sheriff's Office

For Immediate Release

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PR #: 1500006
Date Issued: Jan 14, 2015 - 8:54am

Sheriff's Citizen Corps offers free emergency preparation and response training this month

CONTACT: Bob Harmon
Washoe County Sheriff's Office
Office 775-785-6235
Cell 775-722-5517

The Washoe County Sheriff's Office Citizen Corps is offering a free emergency preparedness and response training academy beginning January 22, 2015.

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, light search and rescue, disaster psychology, and terrorism awareness education.

The CERT Academy offers a total of 25 hours of training during six sessions over two consecutive weekends. 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.

Training takes place at the Regional Public Safety Training Center located at 5190 Spectrum Blvd. Academy dates are:

Thursday, January 22 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Friday, January 23, from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.,
and Saturday, January 24 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

and

Thursday, January 29, from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Friday, January 30, from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
and Saturday, January 31 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 Manager Shirlee Rhodes at (775) 325-6928 or email: srhodes@washoecounty.us

Approximately 250 volunteers currently serve in the Sheriff's Office Citizen Corps. The Corps consists of three teams: Community Emergency Response Team, Sheriff's Mobile Auxiliary Response Team and Citizens Homeland Security Council.

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. 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 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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