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DURHAM CERT

Town of Durham
Date last updated: Mar 24, 2011

General Information

Month and year the CERT Program was started: March 2011

Geographic Area: DURHAM (Local) (06422)

Point of Contact:
Steven Levy
DURHAM CERT Team Leader
Town of Durham
30 Townhouse Road
Durham, CT 06422

(860) 316-5752
drstevelevy@yahoo.com

Training

On average, this CERT Program conducts the CERT Basic Training Course 10 times a year.

Number of CERT classes that have graduated since the program started: 0

Number of individuals who have completed CERT Basic Training Course since the program started: 0

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
  • Critical infrastructure sectors (e.g., utilities, public transportation)
  • Faith-based organizations
  • Teens / Youth
  • People with disabilities
Language(s) in which the program conducts CERT training:
  • English

Supplemental Training

Supplemental training conducted, recommended, and/or required for CERT members:
  • CERT Animal Response I
  • CERT Animal Response II
  • Animals in emergencies (training other than CERT Animal Response modules)
  • Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Automatic External Defibrillation (AED)
  • Basic first aid
  • Mass care
  • Shelter operations/management
  • Additional Search & Rescue

Exercises

A total of 23 CERTs have participated in 4 natural disaster exercises for emergency personnel.

A total of 1 CERT has participated in 2 medical emergency/strategic national stockpile exercises for emergency personnel.

A total of 19 CERTs have participated in 4 CERT-specific exercises.

CERT in Action

Emergencies

Number of times the CERTs have responded in actual emergencies:1

Types of emergencies/disasters to which the CERTs have responded:
  • Flood
  • Hurricane / Coastal storm

Activities During Emergencies

Activities conducted by CERTs during past emergencies:
  • Residential / Neighborhood checks
  • Special needs evacuation
  • Animal evacuation or shelter
  • Traffic management / Crowd management
  • Staffing Emergency Operating Center
  • Staffing shelters
  • Other - Animal evacuation and sheltering

Non-Emergency Functions

Non-emergency functions performed by CERT members:
  • Mitigation activities
  • Support for emergency planning (neighborhoods, schools, community)
  • Support for public safety at community events
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Public health issues

Additional CERT Program Information

This may be a new in training CERTeam; but, we have an already formed two part team that is trained, realworld experienced and equipped for shelter and animal emergency management.     We are a public-private team.