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Santa Clarita Residents Can Prepare For Emergencies With CERT Program

Santa Clarita residents interested in learning life-saving emergency skills can sign up for the city’s Community Emergency Response Training, or CERT, program classes to be held in April, city of Santa Clarita officials announced Monday.


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The classes are held once a week for seven weeks and teach basic survival skills that can be crucial during disasters such as earthquakes, fires, floods and other life-threatening situations, according to a news release by the city of Santa Clarita. CERT Program

The next seven-week course is scheduled to begin April 3 and will take place Thursday nights from 6-9 p.m. at the city’s Transit Maintenance Facility, located at 28250 Constellation Road.

“It’s been proven that preparedness is really what saves lives when it comes to emergencies,” said Christina McGoldrick, a spokeswoman for the city of Santa Clarita. “In addition to having important resources, fire (department) and sheriff’s (deputies), it’s important to also have informed citizens who know what to do when an emergency happens.”

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The program is an interactive training series that uses lectures, videos, skills assessments and demonstrations to teach important skills needed to act quickly during an emergency, as well as the importance of preplanning and contingency planning for a crisis, city officials said.

Skills residents can expect to learn by the end of the program include CPR, the treatment of life-threatening conditions through a method used by first responders called Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment and the ability to identify the proper courses of action and organize available resources according to the appropriate disaster situation, according to the news release. A disaster simulation is also planned for the final class meeting.

Classes are instructed by Santa Clarita firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department and certified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, city officials said.

There is a $30.00 per person equipment fee and participants must be 18 years or older. No previous knowledge is required to participate.

To register online, click here. For more information on the program, click here.


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Santa Clarita Residents Can Prepare For Emergencies With CERT Program

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Melissa Lampert-Abramovitch has been writing for KHTS since Feb. 2014. She currently writes “Community Spotlight” and feature stories, and coordinates all aspects of both the”KHTS Adopt a Pet” video feature series and “Top Things to Do in Santa Clarita.” She is the creator of “KHTS Adopt a Pet” and acted as News Editor from 2019-2020, as well as Features Director and Newsroom Manager from 2016-2018. A former Valley Publications Staff Writer, Melissa was a contributor to the Santa Clarita Gazette and Canyon Country Magazine from 2015-2016. She has published feature stories with Pet Me Magazine, The Pet Press, The Signal, COC's Cougar News, and KJAMS Radio.