Originally Posted By: comms
Yeah, I think CERT is good program, and first learned of it in this forum. Unfortunately in my city and this is probably endemic due to the economy, it got dropped as a service as the city tightened its belt.


You can get training from other resources. My city has it's CERT training manual online at
http://www.sanmateocert.org/disaster/pdf/cert_handbook.pdf
which triggers the download of a 2.1MB file. It has a chapter on triage and a great deal of information on first aid and preparedness. But there's nothing like hands on training. See if any of these links provide a course near you:
http://www.cieux.com/adventureKits.html#train