Community Emergency Response Teams - LKW

West Pierce Fire & Rescue holds classes to teach about emergency preparedness. These are the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) classes. The goal of these classes is to prepare citizens for responding to disasters. They follow a model of teaching developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The main idea of this model is to teach people how to help each other in the first few minutes or hours following a disaster. This is the time before emergency responders are able to respond with professional help. Students gain hands-on skills such as fire starting, first aid, and search and rescue.

For more information, visit West Pierce Fire & Rescue’s website.