{"id":243,"date":"2023-03-01T16:49:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T00:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakdance.ameravant.com\/merrag\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2023-08-17T14:27:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T21:27:19","slug":"training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/merrag.org\/training\/","title":{"rendered":"Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bde-section-243-100 bde-section\">\n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><h1 class=\"bde-heading-243-113 bde-heading\">\nTraining Opportunities at MERRAG\n<\/h1><div class=\"bde-text-243-106 bde-text\">\nTo be announced\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-fancy-divider-243-107 bde-fancy-divider\">\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__separator   \">\n  \t  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-rich-text-243-101 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<h2>OVERALL TRAINING PLAN<\/h2><p>MERRAG trains it volunteers and community members according to the national Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program's 6-module syllabus, augmented with additional modules customized for the Montecito neighborhood.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-columns-243-109 bde-columns\"><div class=\"bde-column-243-110 bde-column\">\n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-rich-text-243-108 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<h3>Get acquainted with CERT online!<br><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/training.fema.gov\/is\/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-317\">Click here for info<\/a><\/h3><ul><li><p>Module 1 \u2013 Disaster Preparedness<\/p><\/li><li><p>Module 2 \u2013&nbsp;Disaster Fire Suppression<\/p><\/li><li><p>Module 3 \u2013 Disaster Medical Operations part 1<\/p><\/li><li><p>Module 4 \u2013 Disaster Medical Operations part 2<\/p><\/li><li><p>Module 5 \u2013 Light Search &amp; Rescue Operations<\/p><\/li><li><p>Module 6 \u2013 Disaster Psychology and Team Organization<\/p><\/li><li><p>Special Module \u2013 Terrorism and CERT<\/p><\/li><li><p>Special Module \u2013 Wildland Fire in the Urban Interface<\/p><\/li><li><p>Special Module \u2013 Radio Use\/Call-Out Procedures<\/p><\/li><li><p>Special Module \u2013 Fire Safety &amp; Utility Controls<\/p><\/li><li><p>Special Module \u2013&nbsp;Electrical Safety\/PSPS<\/p><\/li><li><p>Special Module \u2013&nbsp;Ready-Set-Go<\/p><\/li><li><p>Special Module&nbsp;\u2013 Winter Weather Preparedness<\/p><\/li><li><p>Special Module&nbsp;\u2013 Great California Shakeout exercise<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-column-243-111 bde-column\">\n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-image-243-112 bde-image\">\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"breakdance-image breakdance-image--216\">\n\t<div class=\"breakdance-image-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breakdance-image-clip\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t      \n  \n  \n  \n  \n      \n      <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/03\/merrag-montecito-1.jpg.webp 675w,https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/03\/merrag-montecito-1-300x202.jpg.webp 300w\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/03\/merrag-montecito-1.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/03\/merrag-montecito-1.jpg 675w, https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/03\/merrag-montecito-1-300x202.jpg 300w\" class=\"breakdance-image-object sp-no-webp\" alt=\"merrag training montecito\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture>\n  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"bde-rich-text-243-114 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<h2>ORIENTATION<\/h2><ul><li><p>Brief history of MERRAG organization<\/p><\/li><li><p>Importance and use of local communications (radios, phone tree)<\/p><\/li><li><p>Hands-on exercises (except during Covid restrictions)<\/p><\/li><li><p>Participation in community emergencies<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h2>CPR\/FIRST AID<\/h2><p><strong>Dates will vary.<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><p>Personal preparation for disasters<\/p><\/li><li><p>First Aid &amp; CPR<\/p><\/li><li><p>Fire Suppression Techniques<\/p><\/li><li><p>Supplemental experience with MERRAG radio and pagers<\/p><\/li><li><p>Introduction to outside services (Red Cross, OES, and CERT)<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h2>ADVANCED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS<\/h2><p><strong>Dates vary<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><p>MERRAG Activation Procedures<\/p><\/li><li><p>Radio usage<\/p><\/li><li><p>Nationally used emergency management concepts, including coordination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures and communications<\/p><\/li><li><p>To prepare MERRAG members to assist Fire Department and local officials in emergencies (operations, planning, logistics, administration)<\/p><\/li><li><p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/training.fema.gov\/EMIWeb\/IS\/IS100b.asp\">ICS - Incident Command System<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/training.fema.gov\/EMIWeb\/IS\/is700a.asp\">NIMS - National Emergency Management System<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul><h2>COMMUNICATION VEHICLE ORIENTATION<\/h2><p>Qualified volunteers will learn how to operate the Communication Vehicle including:<\/p><ul><li><p>Location of keys<\/p><\/li><li><p>Generator usage<\/p><\/li><li><p>Supply Locations<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Training Opportunities at MERRAG To be announced OVERALL TRAINING PLANMERRAG trains it volunteers and community members according to the national Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program&#8217;s 6-module syllabus, augmented with additional modules customized for the Montecito neighborhood. Get acquainted with CERT online!Click here for infoModule 1 \u2013 Disaster PreparednessModule 2 \u2013&nbsp;Disaster Fire SuppressionModule 3 \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrag.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}