Buffalo Grove Community Emergency Response Team Sets Training Class Starting Sep. 27

Posted August 31, 2022 11:00 pm

Gary Mills

Buffalo Grove Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will hold its next training class on Tuesday evenings beginning Sept. 27, 2022, from 7-10 p.m., for eight weeks, concluding with a four-hour final on a weekend day in mid- November. Classes are held at Buffalo Grove Fire Department Headquarters, 1051 Highland Grove Drive, Buffalo Grove. There is no cost to attend this training.

Comprised of village residents and others who work in the village, CERT members are trained in basic disaster response skills, including light search and rescue and disaster medical operations. CERT members assist others in our neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help.

With training in First Aid, CPR and AED (defibrillator), CERT Members also deploy to staff First Aid stations at community events.

For brochure, application, and more information, contact: Joe Wieser, Emergency Management Agency coordinator, at (847) 537-0995, ext. 6108 or email: jwieser@vbg.org.

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