CERT Prep.

When a disaster occurs, a CERT member's first responsibility is to

• Join the CERT in disaster response efforts
• Help professional responders
• Ensure personal and family safety
• Do the greatest good for the greatest number

CERT members volunteer to fill non-disaster roles.  An example of a non-disaster function of CERTs is:

• Staffing parades, health fairs, and other special events
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  Monitoring the news for potential disaster threats
• Petitioning local officials for more local emergency response funding
• Distributing political pamphlets and other materials

There are three types of disasters.  They are natural, intentional, and

• Mechanical
• Biological
• Chemical
• Technological

Which of the following is NOT a hazard associated with home fixtures?

• Gas line ruptures
• Hazardous material spill
• Injury or electric shock
• Fire from faulty wiring

One of the steps in preparing for a disaster is to develop a disaster supply kit.  Where should you keep separate disaster supply kits?

• Home and work
• Every room in the house
• Vehicle
• Home, work, and vehicle

While searching a lightly damaged structure following a destructive storm, you and fellow CERT members locate a fire.  As you conduct your fire sizeup, which of the following is the least important question to consider?

• Can my buddy and I fight the fire safely?
• Do my buddy and I have the right equipment?
• How many people are in the building?
• Can my buddy and I escape?

From your sizeup, you determine that the fire can be put out with a portable fire extinguisher.  You and your buddy quickly retrieve a portable fire extinguisher , which you have determined is the right type of extinguisher to fight this fire.  What should you do before approaching the fire.

• Test the extinguisher after pulling the pin
• Wait or the fire department to arrive
• Tell your buddy to wait at the door for you
• Make sure the house's water supply is shut off.

Following the correct CERT procedure (P.A.S.S.), you discharge the extinguisher.  What should you do if the fire continues to burn 5 seconds after you start to extinguish it?

• Check the label on the extinguisher
• Look for creative resources to fight the fire
• Leave Immediately

The fire has spread to other areas by the time the fire department arrives.  What's your next course of action?

• Attempt to suppress the fire again with a new extinguisher
• Communicate what you know to one of the firefighters
• Nose goes
• Send in a backup team to fight the fire

If the chief officer asks you and your fellow CERT members to remain outside at a safe distance, how should you respond?

• Continue to conduct a sizeup from a safe distance outside of the building
• Leave the premises
• Cry
• Call in more CERT members for backup