The Hatteras Island Community Emergency Response Team will be offering the CERT basic training class for anyone in the community who may be interested in attending.

The first meeting is set for March 7 at the Frisco Volunteer Fire Station at 7 p.m.

The training is designed to cover the following: Disaster Preparedness, Fire Safety, Disaster Medical-Triage and Treating Life Threatening Injuries, Team Organization, Disaster Psychology, Terrorism and CERT.

The course is designed to help everyone in the community learn how to take care of themselves, their families and their neighbors, before, during and after an emergency or significant event like a hurricane.

The course is free to the public.

Contact Larry Ogden at 252-995-2034 or Kenny Brite at 252-996-0432 with any questions or email hatterascert@gmail.com.

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