| Community Service & Veterans & Family Support |
Anyone can do it; family member or friend, so there is no more excuses regarding the cost of boxes, tape, packaging
materials and labels to send care packages to our troops overseas.
Best of all! It is FREE.
The USPS has a program for military members and friends to supply them with packaging material to send packages to
troops overseas. If you call 1-800-610-8734 and select option #1, ask them for the “Military Pack” and they will send
you boxes, tape, packaging material and labels. They will, also, give you an I.D. Number so if your supply runs low, you
can just call them up and they’ll send you more supplies. The materials take about four to ten days to arrive.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) will supply for free, to anyone who asks for specially packaged priority Mail
supplies for shipping “care kits” to members of the U.S. Military stationed overseas. Each supply kit includes the
following:
4 Priority Mail Flat-Rate “shoe box type shipping boxes”
6 Priority Mail Flat Rate “garment box type shipping boxes”
10 Priority Mail labels
1 Roll of Priority Mail Tape
10 Custom Forms with Envelopes
materials and labels to send care packages to our troops overseas.
Best of all! It is FREE.
The USPS has a program for military members and friends to supply them with packaging material to send packages to
troops overseas. If you call 1-800-610-8734 and select option #1, ask them for the “Military Pack” and they will send
you boxes, tape, packaging material and labels. They will, also, give you an I.D. Number so if your supply runs low, you
can just call them up and they’ll send you more supplies. The materials take about four to ten days to arrive.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) will supply for free, to anyone who asks for specially packaged priority Mail
supplies for shipping “care kits” to members of the U.S. Military stationed overseas. Each supply kit includes the
following:
4 Priority Mail Flat-Rate “shoe box type shipping boxes”
6 Priority Mail Flat Rate “garment box type shipping boxes”
10 Priority Mail labels
1 Roll of Priority Mail Tape
10 Custom Forms with Envelopes
What is CERT?
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program helps train people to be better prepared to respond to
emergency situations in their communities. When emergencies happen, CERT members can give critical support to first
responders, provide immediate assistance to victims and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site. CERT
members can also help with non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of the community.
The CERT course is taught in the community by a trained team of first responders and community members who have
completed a CERT train-the-trainer course conducted by their state training office for emergency management, or
FEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI), located in Emmitsburg, MD. CERT training includes disaster
preparedness, disaster fire suppression, basic disaster medical operations, light search and rescue operations and
terrorism awareness.
Over the next two years, the CERT program aims to double the number of participants, with more than 400,000
individuals completing the 20-plus hours of training. Train-the-trainer sessions will be held in all 56 states and territories
over the next year to expand the program throughout the United States.
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program helps train people to be better prepared to respond to
emergency situations in their communities. When emergencies happen, CERT members can give critical support to first
responders, provide immediate assistance to victims and organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site. CERT
members can also help with non-emergency projects that help improve the safety of the community.
The CERT course is taught in the community by a trained team of first responders and community members who have
completed a CERT train-the-trainer course conducted by their state training office for emergency management, or
FEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI), located in Emmitsburg, MD. CERT training includes disaster
preparedness, disaster fire suppression, basic disaster medical operations, light search and rescue operations and
terrorism awareness.
Over the next two years, the CERT program aims to double the number of participants, with more than 400,000
individuals completing the 20-plus hours of training. Train-the-trainer sessions will be held in all 56 states and territories
over the next year to expand the program throughout the United States.
| Community Service - Disaster Preparedness Training Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) |
What You'll Learn
The types of hazards most likely to affect your home and community
The function of CERT and your role in the immediate response
How to take steps to prepare for a disaster
How to identify and reduce potential fire hazards in your home and workplace
How to work as a team to apply basic fire suppression strategies, resources, and safety measures to extinguish a
burning liquid
How to apply techniques for opening airways, controlling bleeding and treating shock
How to conduct triage under simulated conditions
How to perform head-to-toe assessments
How to select and set up a treatment area
How to employ basic treatments for various wounds
How to identify, plan and size-up requirements for potential search and rescue situations
How to use safe techniques for debris removal and victim extrication
The most common techniques for searching a structure
Ways to protect rescuers during search and rescue
The types of hazards most likely to affect your home and community
The function of CERT and your role in the immediate response
How to take steps to prepare for a disaster
How to identify and reduce potential fire hazards in your home and workplace
How to work as a team to apply basic fire suppression strategies, resources, and safety measures to extinguish a
burning liquid
How to apply techniques for opening airways, controlling bleeding and treating shock
How to conduct triage under simulated conditions
How to perform head-to-toe assessments
How to select and set up a treatment area
How to employ basic treatments for various wounds
How to identify, plan and size-up requirements for potential search and rescue situations
How to use safe techniques for debris removal and victim extrication
The most common techniques for searching a structure
Ways to protect rescuers during search and rescue
Comrades & Sisters are Invited to a 2 Day Cert Training Program
COST: The course is FREE, the travel is not reimbursed by the Dept VFW or Dept LAVFW
WHEN: Saturday & Sunday May 26th & 27th
START TIME: 8:00 AM May 26, 2007
LOCATION: Post 9399, 133 N. Saguaro Dr., Apache Junction, AZ 85220 (TEL) 480-982-0539
MISC: Lunch Provided
RSVP/RESERVATIONS BY MAY 15th to Sandy Kozakiewicz
(H) 928-532-7348
(C) 602-809-1082
E-mail: charlieaide@@yahoo.com
COST: The course is FREE, the travel is not reimbursed by the Dept VFW or Dept LAVFW
WHEN: Saturday & Sunday May 26th & 27th
START TIME: 8:00 AM May 26, 2007
LOCATION: Post 9399, 133 N. Saguaro Dr., Apache Junction, AZ 85220 (TEL) 480-982-0539
MISC: Lunch Provided
RSVP/RESERVATIONS BY MAY 15th to Sandy Kozakiewicz
(H) 928-532-7348
(C) 602-809-1082
E-mail: charlieaide@@yahoo.com
Ladies Auxiliary Community Service End of Year (EOY) Report
Question #3
Describe how your Auxiliary promoted Disaster Preparedness in your Auxiliary & Community.
Please include a NOTE to EOY if you have a member attending this training. A report addendum may also be sent to
Sandy Kozakiewicz when the course is completed.
Question #3
Describe how your Auxiliary promoted Disaster Preparedness in your Auxiliary & Community.
Please include a NOTE to EOY if you have a member attending this training. A report addendum may also be sent to
Sandy Kozakiewicz when the course is completed.
