Santa Ana Community Emergency Response Team training starts on 2/20

City of Santa Ana

Community Alert: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training Starts Next Saturday

In the event of a major disaster or a more common emergency, learn how to care for yourself, your family and your neighbors until help arrives.

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training will be conducted on Saturday, February 20 and Saturday February 27, 9AM to 5PM and Saturday, March 5, 9AM to 12PM (must attend all 3), at the Centennial Park Public Safety Training Center (3006 Centennial Road, behind Godinez High School).

CERT’s goal is to provide residents with information and skills to sustain themselves and to assist others when emergency responders can’t respond or until help can arrive. The course is open to all adult residents of Santa Ana, and to teenagers attending with a parent, who can attend all 3 days of the program. Class size is limited!

The course is free and participants will learn:

• Earthquake Preparedness and Disaster Plans
• Fire Safety and Fire Extinguishers
• Light Search and Rescue
• Emergency Medical Care
• And more!

Presented by: The City of Santa Ana, Santa Ana Police Department, Orange County Fire Authority, and the Orange County American Red Cross.

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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