Community Emergency Response Team – G-428

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  •  noviembre 8, 2024 - diciembre 10, 2024
     8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Cedar Park EOC

Venue Address:
450 Cypress Creek Rd., Building 6, Cedar Park, Texas, 78613, United States

This course prepares participants to deliver FEMA’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Training course. Serving as a train-the-trainer course,  veteran instructors will focus on preparing new instructors to:

  • Deliver CERT Basic Training.
  • Convey the messages and intent of the CERT program (e.g., safety, teamwork, place in overall community Emergency Operations Plan).
  • Assure that participants achieve the objectives of CERT Basic Training.
  • Create a comfortable yet managed learning environment.

Course topics include:

  • CERT history, program purpose, and values.
  • Materials and requirements for the CERT Basic Training course.
  • Roles of the CERT instructor.
  • Effective presentation of CERT Basic Training content.
  • Effective coaching and demonstration of skills in the classroom.
  • Practices to maximize learning.
  • Effective evaluation of CERT training participants.

Special Instructions

This course is for individuals who will serve as the Course Manager for the CERT Basic Training course and be CERT Basic Training course instructors.

Register for this course through the Texas Division of Emergency Management’s (TDEM) training portal. This course also has a number of prerequisites which can be reviewed on TDEM’s website.

For Questions

Contact Dee Harrison, CAPCOG homeland security manager.