Training | West Orange County CERT (Community Emergency Response Team for Western Orange County California)

West County CERT provides our CERT Basic Training Academy once or twice a year based mostly on requests from the community. Check for our upcoming training dates and sign-up here to be notified of our next Training Academy

Below we've added some our additional "spot" training on various topics that may be of interest. Please take a look.

6-14-2023 Training: An Amazing Presentation on Autism

Wow, what a meeting. Thanks to Robin Fairman who arranged to have the founding leadership from the AMUSE Foundation helped to give us new perspectives and awareness about people on the autism spectrum, their families, caregivers, and friends. The AMUSE (Advocating Maintaining Unity with Special-needs and Everyone) presentation provided valuable training and discussion regarding people who are on the autism spectrum and how their actions may be less predictable than others.

One of the concepts that was covered during the session was how to work with meltdowns, elopement (running) and de-escalation. Here’s a video to introduce the topic

AMUSE is an Orange county based 501(C)(3) certified non-profit organization with a mission of advocating, connecting, educating, and providing through art, music, and kindness. For more information about Autism Spectrum Disorder, please visit their website

COVID-19 Online Training Materials

CSTI Announces Online COVID-19 Awareness Classes – FREE

To help you, your employees and their families better understand this novel coronavirus, CSTI has posted a series of brief awareness-level classes on our Learning Management System. Learning more about this threat helps us all prepare our communities to survive it.

Available titles include:

Coronavirus: COVID-19
Coronavirus: Precautions and Prevention: Common Sense Hygiene
Coronavirus: Precautions and Prevention: Coronavirus Preparedness
Coronavirus: Precautions and Prevention: Stay Calm, Stay Informed
Coronavirus: Precautions and Prevention: Travel Safely

To create an account in the CSTI LMS:

1. Visit CSTI.ORG or https://csti-ca.csod.com/. Click the green register button on the center of the screen.
2. Follow the on screen instructions to set up your account.

To login to the LMS:

1. Visit CSTI.ORG
2. Click the purple Login button center of the screen. On the Login Page enter the e-mail and password you used to register.

To locate the Materials Based courses within the CSTI LMS:

1. Use the LMS home menu to navigate to MENU > CSTI Courses > Browse for Training

2. Select the small document icon to filter Online Based Courses.

3. Select the Online Based Training you wish to take.

4. Select Launch

5. A new blank window will open, you will be able to “click here” to continue if the training does not start automatically. (Your browser may show a slightly different view). Once opened, proceed with the training. Watch the video and complete the exam.

6. √ Check, your course is complete. The course can now be found in your transcripts under “completed”. Return to “Browse for Training” for more Coronavirus Precautions and Prevention Online Training.

Fire Safety: The CERT Member’s Role

As in all CERT operations, the CERT members safety is always the number one priority.

Safety measures presented in the video include use of protective gear and the proper equipment to extinguish small fires, working with a buddy and a team, planning for safe entry and exit, maintaining a safe distance and position from a fire and using the P.A.S.S. procedure to operate fire extinguishers.