{"id":6409,"date":"2011-09-01T12:53:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T19:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/kent-offers-community-emergency-response-team-training\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T07:55:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T14:55:30","slug":"kent-offers-community-emergency-response-team-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kent-offers-community-emergency-response-team-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent offers Community Emergency Response Team training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Now is the time to register in Kent for Community Emergency Response Team, also known as CERT, training, offered by the Kent Emergency Management office.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Following a major disaster, people rely on each other to save lives and protect property. Prepare yourself to make a difference in your community by participating in the fall <a title=\"CERT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kentwa.gov\/content.aspx?id=1500\" target=\"_self\">CERT program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Residents, local businesses, industry and school representatives are encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The basic training in disaster survival and rescue skills is designed to improve the ability of the community to survive until responders or other assistance can arrive.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The eight-week program begins Sept. 22, 2011. Classes are on Thursdays, from 1-4:30 p.m. or from 6-9:30 p.m. The sessions provide instruction on disaster preparedness, disaster first aid, triage (rapid medical assessment of injuries), fire safety, search and rescue, disaster psychology and team organization.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>For more information or to register for the CERT program, call Kent Emergency Management at 253-856-4440. Registration is limited.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now is the time to register in Kent for Community Emergency Response Team, also known as CERT, training, offered by the Kent Fire Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-6409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6409"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}