Community Emergency Response Team

The Florissant Emergency Management Commission has revised the previously scheduled full scale “Sheltering Operations” training exercise for June 18th.

The event will now be a four (4) hour classroom training session.  The purpose of this training session is to prepare C.E.R.T. members and volunteers to effectively and sensitively manage shelter operations as a team while meeting the needs of people displaced as a result of a disaster.  Four basic areas of shelter operations will be discussed:

• Setting up a shelter
• Dividing key shelter responsibilities among team members, preparing for shelter clients, creating a list of responsibilities-duties
• Staff Meetings
• Providing/maintaining checklist of on-going actions, scheduling staff meetings in anticipation of number of potential clients and food requirements, making arraignments for staffing for up to 3 days
• Arrival of Clients
• Client registration, establishment/discussion shelter rules with clients, handling issues that arise during shelter operation 
• Closing a shelter
• Major task of closing a shelter, designating/assigning team members specific task, determining steps to take to resolve any unsolved issues/needs

Instructors will be Florissant Emergency Management Commissioners who recently completed the American Red Cross “Sheltering Operations” training.   Florissant C.E.R.T. volunteers in the past have served a valuable role by assisting in staffing these shelters.  This session will provide you with valuable information assisting with the staffing and operation of a shelter.

The course, free of charge, will be held:
Saturday, June 18, 2011
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Park Baptist Church
825 Graham Rd.
Florissant, MO 63031

(Approximately 1 mile north of I-270)

CERT Information and application (pdf) 

To register for CERT classes, contact Kevin Boschert at the Florissant Police
Department's Crime Prevention Division (314-830-6042).
Seating is limited so register early to insure your spot in the next class.
Registration is necessary to attend this FREE course.