Registration Begins for Emergency Response Training at UCSF

The UCSF Police Department and the San Francisco Fire Department NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Team) Program have joined forces to provide an important opportunity to enhance UCSF's disaster readiness through NERT training for the campus community. "This is a great opportunity for UCSF faculty, staff and students to develop skills to help their community (regardless of where they live) and for UCSF to become disaster-resilient," says UCSF Police Chief Pamela Roskowski. The course is free and sign-ups are now in progress for the UCSF December training session, which includes two consecutive Tuesdays: December 11, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and December 18 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Both sessions will be held at UCSF Parnassus campus, Health Sciences West building, 513 Parnassus Ave. The sessions will be conducted in a different room for each day of training: room 303 on Dec. 11 and room 302 on Dec. 18. The NERT Program is an all-risk, all-hazard training for the general community. This valuable course is designed to help prepare and protect individuals, their families, and their neighbors in an emergency situation. UCSF's ability to recover from a disaster will be greatly enhanced as the number of staff, faculty and students who are prepared increases. Completing the NERT training enables people to help themselves, their families and those around them, and facilitates their ability to return to work. NERT is a positive and realistic approach to emergency and disaster situations. In the NERT training, participants learn to: * put out small fires and address utility issues, * provide basic first aid, * search for and rescue victims safely, * organize themselves and spontaneous volunteers to be effective, and * collect disaster intelligence to support first responder efforts. This training is open to all UCSF employees. Space is limited. Registration is available now online at www.sfgov.org/sffdnert or by calling 415/970-2024 or email. Related Links: UCSF Offers NERT Training for Staff
UCSF Today, Dec. 8, 2006 San Francisco Fire Department, NERT Training