Caddo Bossier Office of Homeland Security Offering Free Disaster Preparedness Training

Do you know what to do if a tornado is approaching your home? Are you interested in learning how local emergency response agencies work together in local disasters? The Caddo-Bossier Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management will be offering a free twenty hour Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training course at the Bossier Emergency Operations Center starting January 5, 2010 and running for three additional Tuesday nights from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.  Participants must be at least 18 years of age and all training material including a light rescue bag is offered free of charge. The training will take place at the Bossier Emergency Operations Center located at 1511 Doctors Drive in Bossier City.

According to LTC Gene Barattini (Ret), the training includes first aid, light rescue; proper use of a residential fire extinguisher and other individual & family emergency preparedness skills all taught by senior Bossier City Fire Department or other first responder agency academy instructors.

CERT graduates also receive a training certificate from Caddo-Bossier Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management reflecting completion of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and FEMA sponsored 20 hour CERT training course.  For more information call LTC Barattini or  Becky Roach at 425-5351.