Crime & Safety
Learn About Emergency Preparedness
Workshop to take place on preparing for and responding to an emergency.
The Los Angeles Fire Department's Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, wants to help locals find out what happens in the event of an emergency.
The LAFD is sponsor a workshop to help area residents learn about what happens during an emergency as well as the role the National Guard plays when it comes to responding to a disaster, according to CERT Battalion Coordinator Chris Nevil.
The seminar is also "oriented to the tens of thousands of Angelenos that have been CERT-trained in the past 25 years, as well as others with an interest in emergency preparedness," Nevil said.
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Information, including what types of disasters the National Guard responds to, how they work with police, fire and other first responders as well as with local volunteers will be addressed.
A top National Guard emergency management official, Sergeant Oscar Soto, is scheduled to speak.
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The free workshop will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday in the training room of Fire Station Five located at 8900 South Emerson in Westchester.
To find out more information or to RSVP, email lafdbatt4cert@gmail.com.
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