Joe Chalom, Jeff Stahl, and Jen Dow facilitated BLS / CPR training for our CERT Team Members and recent Academy graduates to round out #AmericanHeartMonth this past Monday evening.
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SKYWARN is a program developed and taught by National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists and consists of trained weather spotters who report severe and hazardous weather to help in the weather warning process. SKYWARN Spotter reports provide vital "ground truth" to the National Weather Service. The information Spotters provide immensely helps the...
A new CERT Academy class has begun at the Coral Springs Regional Institute of Public Safety.
Robert Ligum, Charles James, Jr and Ryan Drendel did a great job sharing life saving information with attendees at the Fire Prevention Event at Home Depot in Coral Springs
Program Chief Joe Chalom and Chief Medical Officer Jeff Stahl shared information about hurricane preparedness, fire safety and bleeding control strategies to the Medical Assistant students at Florida Career College Margate Campus.
Great attendance for Stop The Bleed class last night. Thanks for coming out to learn these essential skills to potentially save lives. For more information, go to www.stopthebleed.org.
Congratulations to our newest graduates of the Basic Training Academy!
Basic Training Academy continued last Saturday with participants practicing Lifts & Carries.
Coral Springs, FL- The Coral Springs Parkland CERT team recently received a generous donation of over $500.00 from the Coral Springs Charter School Health Occupations Students of America Club, (HOSA). Charter School student and CERT member Scott Smith suggested the fundraiser. Students routinely raise money for various worthy organizations. CERT Pr...
CERT Team Members were busy today! Several members were out at Home Depot in Coral Springs today helping to prepare the community for hurricane season! CERT Instructors were facilitating a new Basic Training Academy class with some great participants!
With 3 quick actions, you can be trained to save a life. The number 1 cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding. Today, April 15th, several Coral Springs / Parkland CERT Team members became instructors to train you how to STOP THE BLEED®.
Twenty active, inactive and recent academy graduates took advantage of Basic Live Support (BLS) classes conducted on Saturday, Feb. 26 and Monday, Feb 28th. The classes were facilitated by Jen Dow and Jeff Stahl and were a great success with several Team Members on the wait list for the next class offering in June.
Congratulations to our latest Basic Training Graduate!
Our CERT Team Instructors completed another Basic Training Academy today. This hybrid program that combine online courses and practical hands-on skills classes ran from January 24 - February 19. We have 3 new graduates and several others will be completing the program shortly. Congratulations to all!
Our Instructors are prepping for our 3rd week of Basic Training which focuses on Light Search and Rescue, Lifts, and Carries.
Community members attended Week 1 of our CERT Basic Training Academy today and learned the value of planning for disasters and teamwork.
CERT Team members performed live fire suppression drills during our January Team Training event.
Our CERT Team had a blast spreading holiday cheer in the City's annual holiday parade on Wednesday evening.
We wish all of our members and families a very happy, healthy and safe Thanksgiving Holiday!
