{"id":4799,"date":"2014-01-16T19:44:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T03:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2014-01-16T19:48:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T03:48:59","slug":"long-beach-fire-department-and-poly-high-school-to-graduate-first-teen-cert-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/?p=4799","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Fire Department and Poly High School to graduate first Teen CERT Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Teen-CERT-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4800 aligncenter\" alt=\"Teen CERT Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Teen-CERT-Logo-300x232.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Teen-CERT-Logo-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Teen-CERT-Logo-190x146.jpg 190w, https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Teen-CERT-Logo.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On Saturday, January 18th, the Long Beach Fire Department and Long Beach Poly High School are proud to graduate the City&#8217;s first Teen C.E.R.T. Class. The event will be held at the Long Beach Fire Regional Training Center, located at 2249 Argonne Ave, near Stearns Park. A simulated disaster exercise is scheduled to begin at 1:00pm and will showcase the newly learned emergency skills of the students. This exercise should conclude at approximately 3:00pm with a graduation ceremony to follow, concluding at approximately 4:00pm.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The 36 graduates have put a tremendous amount of time and energy into this after school elective program. This is the first time that this FEMA sanctioned program has been delivered in Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>C.E.R.T. stands for Community Emergency Response Teams. With a focus on disaster preparedness, the training is designed for community members. In the event of a natural disaster, Police, Fire, and Medical Services will be OVERWHELMED. The public may be on it&#8217;s own for a few hours, up to several days. CERT training is designed to teach the public how to care for themselves and others until professional help arrives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, January 18th, the Long Beach Fire Department and Long Beach Poly High School are proud to graduate the City&#8217;s first Teen C.E.R.T. Class. The event will be held at the Long Beach Fire Regional Training Center, located at 2249 Argonne Ave, near Stearns Park. A simulated disaster exercise is scheduled to begin at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publicsafety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4802,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799\/revisions\/4802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firechannel.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}