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What does CERT stand for?
Community Emergency Response Team
This is the most common fire hazard in the home.
Cooking
Color tag for victims with minor injuries.
Green
The season you’d expect hurricanes.
Summer
The number of CERT Basic Training units.
Nine
One item you must have to treat minor wounds.
Bandage
What’s the first thing you should do before putting out a fire?
Perform a fire size-up.
First thing to check when assessing a victim.
Airway
This natural hazard often causes landslides.
Rain
This agency created the first CERT program.
Los Angeles Fire Department
This item stores a family’s emergency contact info.
Communication Card
You should never use this on an electrical fire.
Water
The method used to quickly sort multiple victims.
Triage
A shaking ground disaster.
Earthquake
FEMA expanded CERT to all hazards in this year
1994
How much water should be included in an emergency water supply?
One gallon of water per person per day.
What type of extinguisher is recommended for CERTs?
An ABC extinguisher.
This is the only type of bleeding CERTs should attempt to control during triage.
Severe Bleeding
A warning for this weather hazard may include “shelter in place.
Tornado
The CERT leader who first arrives at the scene.
Team Leader
The term for reducing potential damage before a disaster.
Mitigation
You should only attempt to extinguish a fire if you have this—an unobstructed way out.
Backup escape route.
Type of bleeding that requires immediate pressure and dressing.
Arterial
This hazard disrupts power, water, and roads.
Infrastructure Disaster
CERT training uses this federal emergency framework.
Incident Command System (ICS)