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Town of Windham CERT

Town of Windham
Date last updated: Oct 12, 2012

General Information

Month and year the CERT Program was started: May 2009

Geographic Area: NORTH WINDHAM (Local) (06256)
SOUTH WINDHAM (Local) (06266)
WILLIMANTIC (Local) (06226)
WINDHAM (Local) (06280)

Point of Contact:
Dagmar Noll
Windham Region Citizen Corps Representative
Windham Region Council of Governments
979 Main Street
Willimantic, CT 06226

(860) 456-2221
citizencorps@wincog.org

CERT Web Site: http://www.windhamct.com/

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: 3

Number of individuals who have completed CERT Basic Training Course since the program started: 30

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
  • Businesses
  • Colleges / Universities
Language(s) in which the program conducts CERT training:
  • English

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
  • Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Automatic External Defibrillation (AED)
  • Decontamination techniques
  • Basic first aid
  • Mass care
  • Shelter operations/management

Exercises

A total of 12 CERTs have participated in 1 WMD/terrorism exercise for emergency personnel.

A total of 10 CERTs have participated in 2 CERT-specific exercises.

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:
  • Pandemic

Activities During Emergencies

Activities conducted by CERTs during past emergencies:
  • Medical intervention (triage or treatment)

Non-Emergency Functions

Additional CERT Program Information

The Town of Windham CERT Program is focused on Shelter Operations and Host Community Operations.



Windham hosts the majority of our regional basic CERT classes due to their central location in the region. This includes training for CERTs in Chaplin/Hampton, Coventry, Lebanon and Scotland.