CERT Classes to Start

The Leisure World Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is inviting residents to learn how to help themselves and others in the community after a disaster.

The CERT program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.

Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help.

CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their communities.

The first in-person training since the pandemic began and first ever evening training is set to begin in two weeks.

It will be held every Tuesday and Thursday in January and February from 6-8 p.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 1.

Students must attend all class dates listed to become CERT certified.

The dates are as follows:

• Tuesdays, Jan. 4, 11, 18 and 25

• Thursdays, Jan. 6, 13, 20 and 27

• Tuesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15 and 22

• Thursdays, Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24 To register for this important training, contact Eloy Gomez at (562) 431-6586, ext. 356.