The CERT organization in Palo Alto is called "PANDA": Palo Alto Neighborhood Disaster Awareness.
I qualified for the team in January 2007, and completed training in February 2007.
The training curriculum included:
- Emergency medical procedures
- Triage
- Radio protocols
- Fire suppression
- Search and rescue
- Earthquake procedures including helping people trapped under rubble
- Disaster psychology
- Team organization
