How to Update Your Training Information on the Ohio Responds Volunteer Registry
Community Emergency Response Team volunteers are required to complete an approved training every three years in order to be eligible for liability protection under Ohio Revised Code 121.404.
This Web page provides a general listing of State approved training courses. This list is not exhaustive; it contains examples of courses that fall into a variety of categories. Locally-provided training courses that fall into these categories can also be considered as approved training.
Any FEMA Independent Study Course
Such as:
- IS 22, Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
- IS 230a, Fundamentals of Emergency Management
- IS-244a, Developing and Managing Volunteers
A complete Independent Study course listing can be found at http://www.training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp
Also:
Any FEMA Classroom course taken at the Emergency Management Institute or offered by Ohio Emergency Management Agency is also approved.
In addition to the courses above, the following courses are also examples of approved training.
- Community Emergency Response Team Training
- A review of specific modules of the CERT class can be used as a refresher
- Training offered by the Ohio Department of Mental Health such as “Helping People Find Strength Following Disaster”.
- Hazardous Materials/WMD Awareness
- Basic First Aid
- CPR/AED
- Search and Rescue related courses
*Please note that this is not a complete list but a guidance document to show the types of training courses that would be approved. If you are not sure the training you have taken, or wish to take, is approved, please contact your local Citizen Corps Council, CERT program coordinator, or State Citizen Corps Coordinator to assist you.
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