[nfb-talk] nfb-talk Digest, Vol 36, Issue 9

Patrick Gormley kk3f at msn.com
Sun May 15 17:49:46 UTC 2011


Joe I have taken cert training when I first moved up to Frostburg.  Up here 
in Allegany this training also coincided with basic fire training.  While 
spending $250 for a kit is a new requirement that didn't happen when I took 
the training, you might be able to be reimbursed for some of those expenses. 
Ken Silberman actually heads a cert team in Greenbelt and he's a blind guy. 
73- pat kk3f  You should do fine.  Most instructors are pretty creative in 
finding a way to put you to good use.

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> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
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> I have signed up to take Portland?s NET (Neighborhood Emergency Team)
> training this fall.  It is Portland?s response to the national
> county-based CERT program.
>
> Courses are divided up into eight weeks of training, the last of
> which is a 4 hour final exam.  I know that the final exam includes
> putting out fires, literally.  NET training is free (as is CERT), but
> about halfway through the program you have to supply your own
> responder kit, which is generally going to run between $50 and $200,
> unless you happen to have certain items already on hand.
>
> Here?s an overview of the NET training:
>
> Session 1: Disaster Awareness?Earthquakes and Other Disasters; Home,
> Neighborhood and Workplace Preparedness
>
> Session 2: Utility Control?Gas, Electric and Water; Fire
> Extinguishers?Types and Uses; Hazardous Materials
>
> Session 3: Disaster Medicine (I); Treating Life-Threatening Injuries;
> Medical Triage
>
> Session 4: Disaster Medicine (II); Treating Common Injuries; Setting
> Up a Medical Treatment Area; Public Health Considerations
>
> Session 5: Light Search & Rescue (I); Visual Assessment of Damaged
> Buildings; Search Techniques
>
> Session 6: Light Search & Rescue (II); Rescue Techniques; Patient
> Transport
>
> Session 7: Disaster Psychology and Trauma Intervention; NET Team
> Management; NETs in Action?Tabletop Exercise
>
> Session 8: NET Final Field Exercise (FFE), a four (4) hour hands-on
> practical skill drill which could be morning or afternoon.
>
>
> Has anyone here ever taken training like this?  Am I blazing trails
> again?  Whether I am or not, I registered for this and the people who
> are doing the training do not yet know that I am blind.  What sort of
> objections am I likely to face, and how should I best address them?
> I know I can learn to do whatever I need to do.  I cannot say that it
> will be easy, but I am determined not to be the guy sitting around
> waiting for someone to help me if something bad happens, if you know
> what I mean.
>
> Since the above class titles are not that descriptive in and of
> themselves of exactly what kind of things I would be expected to
> handle, I?ll describe a typical NET responder kit as being safety
> equipment (a reflective vest and hard hat, work gloves with leather
> palms, knee pads, safety googles, and a particle filter mask),
> flashlight, signal whistle, water/gas wrench, pry bar, utility cord,
> duct tape, and a first aid kit.  We?re expected to know how to use,
> but not carry a fire extinguisher.
>
> A "Deluxe" kit adds a Leatherman Kick multitool, ear plugs, a more
> serious first aid kit, a roll of masking tape to go along with the
> duct tape, several large plastic bags, a permanent marker, a lumber
> crayon, water treatment tablets, glowsticks, rain poncho, solar
> blanket, and 8 hour glowsticks.
>
> Construction site safety gear and tools aside, those who know me
> fairly well can tell you that I?ve got most of what?s left on my
> person wherever I go.  Boy scout motto and all of that.  Pfft, like I
> was ever a scout!  *grin*
>
> Anyway, advice is welcome.  Comments about my tenuous grip on sanity
> will be ignored as redundant information!
>
> Joseph
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