CERT volunteers demonstrate their skills at Shoreline Safety Fair

 By Patrick Ducey, CERT Volunteer

During the Shoreline Safety Fair at Central Market, Shoreline Community Emergency Response Team members held an exercise to practice their skills. 

In the first photo, Shoreline CERT members assess a survivor, and prepare to lift a wall so the survivor may be extracted. This exercise is to practice proper lifting and cribbing technique. 

In the second photo, the survivor is made ready to be transported. These are some of the skills taught at CERT classes, which help prepare community members to deal with events from every day emergencies up to large scale disasters. 

CERT classes are free and open to the public, with the next class tentatively scheduled for Fall 2010.

Photos by Patrick Ducey