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Free Disaster Preparedness and Response Training by the Sussex County CERT

Free Disaster Preparedness and Response Training by the Sussex County Community Emergency Response Team.

Find out what's happening in Hopatcong-Spartafor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Find out what's happening in Hopatcong-Spartafor free with the latest updates from Patch.

FREE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS/RESPONSE TRAINING

The Sussex County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will be holding a FREE training course for anyone interested in learning how to assist themselves, their neighbors and their community before, during and after the impact of a major disaster.

Persons completing the course will have an opportunity to become members of the county and/or municipal Community Emergency Response Teams.

The program is open to ages 16 and older.

Training includes: Disaster Preparedness, Fire Safety, First Aid, Light Search & Rescue, Disaster Psychology and more.

The training course will held across four days from 8am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday, September 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th, 2017.

Classes will be held at the Sussex County Emergency Operations Center in Newton at 135 Morris Turnpike.

If you have any questions or are interested in attending the training, please send an email to:

sussexcounty.nj.cert@gmail.com

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