Emergency Response Team (ERT)

Emergency Response Team (ERT) training is designed for the specific responder who has been identified as a team-member in the mitigation of a wide range of emergency responses. In addition to the already learned skill-set of medical response, this responder will become familiar with the inter- workings of a team approach using the Incident Command System (ICS) to effectively communicate, respond, and in some cases mitigate an emergency prior to and/or in conjunction with local authorities. *Students enrolled in this course must have a current CPR/First-Aid certification. Topics covered in this course are as follow:

• Radio Protocol (effective communications and radio use)

• Incident command system (ICS)

• Earthquake preparedness (before, during, and after the next big quake)

• Blood-borne pathogens (OSHA certificate)

• Fire extinguisher training (extinguisher use and basic fire mitigation awareness)