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West Hartford CERT Program

West Hartford Fire Department
Date last updated: Mar 8, 2011

General Information

Month and year the CERT Program was started: August 2009

Geographic Area: WEST HARTFORD (Local) (06107, 06110, 06117, 06119, 06127, 06133, 06137)

Point of Contact:
William Austin
Fire Chief/Emergency Management Director
West Hartford Fire Department
95 Raymond Road
West Hartford, CT 06107 - 2538

(860) 561-8300 8306
(860) 561-8922
whaustin@westhartford.org

Training

On average, this CERT Program conducts the CERT Basic Training Course 1 time a year.

Number of CERT classes that have graduated since the program started: 2

Number of individuals who have completed CERT Basic Training Course since the program started: 35

Local CERT Programs offer training to the general public and/or to particular groups in the community. This CERT Program holds classes for the following groups:
  • General public / Open classes
  • Specific neighborhood groups
  • Businesses
  • Government groups
  • Faith-based organizations
  • People with disabilities
Language(s) in which the program conducts CERT training:
  • English
  • Spanish

Supplemental Training

Supplemental training conducted, recommended, and/or required for CERT members:
  • IS-100.a Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS)
  • IS-200.a ICS for Single Resources
  • IS-700.a National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
  • IS-800.b National Response Framework, An Introduction
  • Animals in emergencies (training other than CERT Animal Response modules)
  • Additional CBRNE awareness
  • Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Automatic External Defibrillation (AED)
  • Decontamination techniques
  • Basic first aid
  • Additional Incident Command System (ICS)
  • Additional National Incident Management System (NIMS)
  • Mass care
  • Shelter operations/management

Exercises

A total of 21 CERTs have participated in 2 medical emergency/strategic national stockpile exercises for emergency personnel.

A total of 11 CERTs have participated in 1 CERT-specific exercise.

CERT in Action

Emergencies

Number of times the CERTs have responded in actual emergencies:2

Types of emergencies/disasters to which the CERTs have responded:
  • Other - Medical POD Flu operations - 2 times

Activities During Emergencies

Activities conducted by CERTs during past emergencies:
  • Traffic management / Crowd management

Non-Emergency Functions

Non-emergency functions performed by CERT members:
  • Support for public safety at community events
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Fire safety
  • Public health issues

Additional CERT Program Information

The West Hartford CERT Program provides services including: serving as a statewide emergency response unit for site issuance of identification at disasters; security and control entry functions; trained as unit leaders for spontaneous volunteers; operational support for AM1630 emergency radio; emergency response trainers in the subject area of special/functional needs citizens; message technicians for the EOC; and as foreign language experts in multiple languages.