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Disaster First Aid: What To Do When 911 Can't Come - Resources and Links

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C.E.R.T. is "Community Emergency Response Training" a training program that teaches self-reliance skills and helps neighborhoods establish response teams to take care of each other in major emergencies when normal 911 Emergency Services are overhwhelmed. https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/

To learn more, visit: About CERT: https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/about.shtm

To find a CERT program in your area, go to: https://www.citizencorps.gov/citizenCorps/certsByState.do
For information about how to start a CERT program in your community, see: https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/start.shtm

California O.E.S.

California Office of Emergency Services
Earthquake Program, Disaster assistance, photo library, PressReleases. Updated daily. www.oes.ca.gov

U.S. Geological Survey With Clickable map for Regional Studies and State, national, or international information on earthquakes.
www.usgs.gov Latest Quakes and a great wealth of information - you'll be amazed http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/
U.S.G.S. Links Page: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/prepare.html

U.S. Fire Administration

US Fire Administration Home Page
Latest Updates. FEMA Announces New Fire Administration Web Page To Enhance Wildland Fire Preparedness
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/

Fire Safety for Kids:
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/html/index.shtm

FEMA

Online Mini-course in S.T.A.R.T. Triage:
Click this link or go to:
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/
lec17941/009.htm

Online Exercise for S.T.A.R.T (With correct answers after you submit)
http://www.citmt.org/start/exercise.htm


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Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Information, updated daily. Hazard reports, photo library.
www.fema.gov/

Berkeley Fire Dept. Office of Emergency Services C.E.R.T. Free training classes in emergency preparedness to anyone over 18 who lives or works in Berkeley. The Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) classes include Basic Personal Preparedness, Disaster Mental Health, Disaster First Aid, Light Search and Rescue, and Fire Suppression.
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/fire/oes.html


Berkeley Fire Dept.

Center For Disease Control - Excellent information on triage and treatment of trauma, crush, blast wave, and tsunami injuries. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/

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The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Read the citizens eyewitnesses accounts of their actual experiences of the disaster. http://www.sfmuseum.net/1906/ew.html

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