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CERT Class to be held in March
The Glendale Fire and Police Departments will host their fifth Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training session beginning on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Classes will be held at the Glendale City Hall Auditorium, 424 N. Sappington Road, Glendale, Missouri.
In CERT, teams of citizens are trained to take care of themselves and then help others in their communities for the first three days following a disaster. This is when debris-clogged or damaged roads, disrupted communications, or high volume of calls may prevent access by emergency response personnel. The purpose of CERT training is to provide citizens with the basic skills required to handle virtually all their own needs and then to be able to respond to their communities’ needs in the aftermath of a disaster.
The Community Emergency Response Team course consists of 20 hours of training, two nights per week for two weeks, plus one Saturday morning practical exercise. Classes are taught by Glendale Fire and Police Personnel who have received specialized training in the areas of Disaster Preparedness, First Aid, Fire Suppression, Disaster Psychology and Terrorism Response, and Light Search and Rescue.
Classes will be held March 13, 15, 20, and 22, 2012, from 6-10 p.m. The practical exercise will be held on Saturday, March 24, 2012, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
For more information, visit the Glendale Fire Department website at www.glendalefd.com or contact Glendale Fire Captain Chuck Helle at (314) 965-7097 or chelle@glendalemo.org.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Each year, nearly 500 Americans die from carbon monoxide poisoning. (CO is produced by fuel-burning motor vehicles, appliances, and heating systems.) In addition, several thousand individuals are treated in emergency departments for CO poisoning. The risk of CO poisoning increases during the winter, as more people run furnaces and space heaters and use fireplaces. Deaths from CO poisoning also occur when people sit in an idling vehicle with the doors and windows closed. One CDC study found that motor-vehicle-related CO poisoning exposures increase during winter months and that death rates from CO poisoning in stationary motor vehicles are highest in states with colder average winter temperatures. During just two days in January 1996, 22 people in New York City died from CO poisoning because their exhaust pipes were packed with snow, and CO backed up into the vehicle.
About Glendale Fire Department
The Glendale Fire Department is part of the City of Glendale, Missouri. We provide fire, rescue, and emergency medical services to the cities of Glendale and Warson Woods. For more information about Glendale, visit www.glendalemo.org. For more information about Warson Woods, visit www.warsonwoods.com.
