7 Positions CERTs With Disabilities Can Serve When Disaster Strikes

Thursday, January 23, 2014 SPORK! 0 Comments

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Many people, including those of us with disabilities, wonder what role disabled CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) members can play during an actual disaster or incident. The answer is: anything that person feels comfortable with, as long as it isn’t beyond the scope of his or her CERT training. Here are seven examples of assignments that CERTs with disabilities can and have done during actual incidents:
1. Search and Rescue
People with disabilities can serve on search and rescue teams. Not all search and rescue takes place in rubble; when the area searched is in a building with no steps or in an outside area that is relatively flat, folks who use wheelchairs also be assigned. People with disabilities can be note-takers for the team, lead survivors to safety and serve as a communication link via ham radio.
2. Disaster Medical Ops
There are a number of assignments that CERTs with disabilities can perform in the medical triage area – head-to-toe assessments and first aid are a couple of things that come to mind. People who are blind or visually impaired can quickly and efficiently do these tasks, especially using the buddy system.
Read the full article at the Mobility Resource 
(http://www.themobilityresource.com/7-positions-certs-with-disabilities-can-serve-when-disaster-strikes/)

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