WCSO looking to train citizens for emergencies
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Corps is offering an emergency preparedness and response training academy beginning July 9. The training is free and trainees are not required to become a Citizen Corps volunteer to participate.
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 is 25 hours of training during six sessions over two consecutive weekends.
Academy dates are:
July 9, 6-9pm
July 10, 6-9pm
July 11, 9am-3pm
July 16, 6-9pm
July 17, 6-9pm
July 18, 9am-3pm.
Training takes place at the Regional Public Safety Training Center located at 5190 Spectrum Blvd., Reno.
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, contact Shirlee Rhodes at 775.325.6928 or srhodes@washoecounty.us.
If you want training and the above is more of a commitment than you are prepared to make, check out the South Tahoe Action Team emergency training – about eight to ten hours spread over five Thursday nights from 6-8 pm. Free as well, no requirement to perform after the training. Call the South Lake Tahoe Fire Department at 542-6160 for more information.