Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training

The City of Corona Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training is FREE and open to anyone interested in learning about individual and community preparedness and how to be an effective responder in the event of a disaster. This training is provided by the Corona Fire Department using the nationally recognized 20-hour curriculum approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Participants will learn to:

- Identify hazards in the community
- Assist emergency responders
- Provide disaster first aid
- Setup medical treatment areas
- Extinguish small fires
- Conduct light search and rescue and MORE!

Those who complete the 20-hour Basic Academy are recognized as program graduates and will receive a Certificate of Completion and a FREE CERT emergency starter kit. Training graduates are also eligible to become a Corona CERT Program Volunteer and participate in additional training and exercises.

Disaster can strike at any time in Corona – are you and your family prepared?

SPANISH CERT Training – April 26-27, 2025

Description

The City of Corona of Emergency Services will host a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program taught by the Corona Fire Department (Emergency Services Division) on April 26-27th, 2025. Sign up now!

La Oficina de Servicios de Emergencia de la ciudad de Corona organizará un programa del Equipo Comunitario de Respuesta a Emergencias (CERT) impartido por el Departamento de Bomberos del Condado de Corona. ¡Regístrese ahora!

What Will I Learn?

During the hands-on classes, attendees will learn how to assist their family and neighbors after a major disaster, when professional responders are often not immediately available.  Students will learn basic disaster response skills, such as extinguishing small fires, light search and rescue, team organization, the medical dos and don'ts in a disaster environment, and how to build their own emergency kit.

¿Que voy a aprender?

Durante las capacitaciones y las clases prácticas, los asistentes aprenderán cómo ayudar a sus familiares y vecinos después de un desastre importante, cuando los socorristas profesionales a menudo no están disponibles de inmediato. Los estudiantes aprenderán habilidades básicas de respuesta a desastres, como extinción de pequeños incendios, búsqueda y rescate ligeros, organización de equipos, lo que se debe y no se debe hacer en un entorno de desastre y cómo construir su propio equipo de emergencia.