An ongoing struggle continues for the Camden County Emergency Response Team, or CERT, which is putting the call out for a few good men, or women, to help in times of need. CERT stands for Community Emergency Response Team which, according to director Eric Hoover, operates 100-percent on the strength of volunteers and with limited funding…
Assistant Director Lori Flavilla says the training includes basic first aid, CPR, light search and rescue, and fire suppression duties…
About 20 hours of classroom and hands-on training is required to be qualified as a CERT team member. The next round of training is scheduled to take place on Monday evenings beginning in September and finishing up in November.
(you can check out the CERT Facebook page for more information)
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