Miami Beach Emergency Management offers the FEMA-sponsored Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. Following a large-scale emergency, professional first responders may not be immediately available as they are tasked with multiple priorities. Through CERT training, individuals and organizations learn life-saving response skills to help each other until professionals arrive.
If you are interested in volunteering with the City of Miami Beach in any capacity (following a disaster or not) you are required to complete the CERT course.
CERT training is offered as a series of classes that total 24 hours, including a simulated disaster drill. Completion of all modules is necessary to obtain certification. The course is offered in a hybrid format. Eight (8) hours of the course can be completed online through independent study, followed by two 8-hour sessions of hands-on training.
Topics include the following:
- Hazard Identification & Disaster Preparedness
- Response Team Organization and Communication
- Fire Safety and Suppression
- Light Search and Rescue
- Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment
- Disaster Medical Operations
- Terrorism Awareness
- Disaster Psychology and Emotional Impacts
- Comprehensive Final Drill
Resources
Request a Preparedness Workshop or Table
The Miami Beach Division of Emergency Management works with residents, homeowners associations, civic groups, nonprofits, faith-based organizations and houses of worship, and businesses to strenghthen the level of emergency preparedness. Staff from the Division of Emergency Management as well as Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers are available to deliver emergency preparedness presentations to community organizations and homeowners asociations, work with businesses/honprofits and staff emergency preparedness exhibits at local events.
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Upcoming CERT Training & Events
CERT Volunteer Opportunity: CERT at ReHab Fort
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CERT Advanced Training: Small Animal Disaster and Emergency Sheltering – Level 1
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#SafePlaceSelfie Day
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CERT Volunteer Opportunity: Miami Dade County Healthcare Preparedness Coalition Symposium
InterContinental at Doral 2505 NW 87th Avenue, Doral, FLCERT volunteers are needed to assist at the Miami Dade County Healthcare Preparedness Coalition Symposium to help with directions, packet pick up, room checks, etc. All volunteers will receive complimentary […]
CERT Volunteer Opportunity – National Homeland Security Conference
Miami Beach Convention Center 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FLCERT Volunteers are needed to assist in various programs and field trips for the National Homeland Security Conference. Number of Volunteers Needed: Approximately 65 If interested in volunteering, […]
FEMA Training: When Disaster Strikes: Prepare, Act, Survive (PER-334)
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