City of Detroit offering Community Emergency Response Team volunteer training beginning April 24

• Training includes disaster preparedness, search & rescue, medical care

Are you interested in learning about basic medical treatment, disaster preparedness, or other life saving techniques? Would you like to be equipped with this crucial training when your family or the community is in need? The City of Detroit Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (DHSEM) will hold its next four-day training class for Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers from Thursday, April 24, through Saturday, April 26, and Saturday, May 10, at Baber AME Church, located at 15045 Burt Rd.

The free CERT training includes disaster preparedness, fire safety, disaster medical operations, light search and rescue, the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED), how to bandage wounds, basic medical treatment such as how to treat burns, fractures, strains, and hypothermia, and other life-saving techniques. The training will be conducted by the Detroit Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 

The classes will be held April 24, and 25, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and on April 26 and May 10, from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Participants must complete all four sessions to receive their certificate of completion. To register for the training, visit detroitmi.gov/dhsem and search CERT. For more information, call (313) 596-1742.