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Updated: 10:56 PM Sep 30, 2008
CERT Trainees Face Disaster Simulation
The latest group of Community Emergency Response Team members picked up the pieces from a devastating tornado in Dothan tonight, at least a simulated one.
Posted: 10:52 PM Sep 30, 2008Reporter: Ryan Rodig Email Address: ryan@wtvy.com |
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The training was conducted by the Dothan-Houston County EMA.
The exercise culminates five weeks of classroom studies. Participants learn the basics of emergency response and rescue.
Officials say in the event of a large-scale disaster, emergency responders may not be able to get to all citizens that need help.
In Tuesday night's demonstration, a tornado ravaged a Dothan business leaving CERT members to deal with several scenarios.
"We are putting everything they have learned in the past 5 weeks from fire to hazardous materials and they are putting it all together in a scenario," CERT Trainer Densie Williams says. "In the event that we actually had tornados come through."
For information on how to become a CERT Trainee contact Houston County EMA at 794-9720.
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