Getting Prepared for Emergencies with CERT
University High School students had the opportunity to prepare on Tuesday as they look to become the next generation of first-responders. Certified Emergency Response Reams (CERT) helped teach the students how to be better prepared for distaters which could be life-threatening. The skills taught in the classroom are going to be taken into the real world and used in first-hand experience.
'Information is key. And learning these skills that they have here, they can better learn more skills in the future to help. Like I said, either become first responders themselves or help the community be prepared whenever those events do happen,' Emergency Preparedness Planner of the Heart of Texas Conseling Government Andy Davis said.
With the skills and knowledge provided by the teachers, they are able to hopefully expand this program, get even more people prepared for these certain situations, and give them a break from the structured everyday classes.
'I do [enjoy this]. I don't like being stuck in a classroom 24/7. So yes, actually getting out of doing stuff, feel like it's way more productive than just sitting in the classroom,' at University High Senior Joy Cooper said.
Going from the classroom to the real world, these skills will come in handy as the students become the next generation of nurses and first responders. With these activities done, it brings an aspect of fun and does not make it feel like another exam that has you locked in a classroom.
'Most definitely. We've run through this multiple times. It's not something you'd probably forget that quickly. Or for me, I don't….I wouldn't forget something like this, because it's honestly been fun,' Cooper said.
CERT starts the students at such a young age and even expands to different colleges and counties, making sure that the skills taught by the program are well-maintained by the students.
With the recent tornadoes destroying parts of the South and Midwest, what to do in one of these situations is crucial knowledge which can even be used in many different occasions.As more information is gained, people are more likely to want to learn these skills because it could happen to them in their own backyard.
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