Spring 2025 CERT Training

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DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY?

In 95% of all emergencies, it is the victim or bystander who provides immediate assistance on the scene before emergency services arrive.

Learn the skills you need to help take care of yourself, family, neighbors and others by attending this FREE training.

Lehigh County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) offers free CERT trainings to develop our community’s ability to respond to emergency situations.  The 16-hour CERT training includes:

Emergency Vehicle Driver Training (EVDT)

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FSC: 0235 Hours: 16.0 (Lecture: 8.0hrs / Lab: 8.0hrs)

Prerequisites: Age 18 and up, Current Driver’s License

Description: This course is suitable for both novice and veteran emergency vehicle operators. This course provides instruction for emergency personnel who may be involved in operating emergency vehicles. Topics included: defensive driving, emergency response, vehicle maintenance, and a driver training obstacle course. Students will be responsible for securing apparatus to drive.

Hazmat Operations Proboard

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The goal of this program is to provide the First Responder with the training needed to comply with NFPA 472 Chapter 5 Competencies for the First Responder at the Operational Level, and 29 CFR 1910.120 OSHA’s Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, (HAZWOPER), First Responder Operations Level. This program is designed to give the first responder the necessary skills to handle hazardous materials emergencies.