NS Grant - Acceptance of Grant to Establish a Community Emergency Response Team Program within the County

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5 disasters including stockpiling food and managing scared animals. Crime prevention techniques will teach effective personal and property security including a community watch component. The Orange County CERT training cadre will be composed of representatives from volunteer fire departments, the Orange County Fire Marshal's division, the Orange County Special Operations division, Orange County Emergency Management, Orange County Public Health, Chapel Hill Fire Department, Carrboro Fire Department, the Orange County Emergency Medical Services division, the Orange County Technical Rescue Team, Chapel Hill Police Department, Carrboro Police Department, Hillsborough Police Department, Orange County Sheriff's Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Police Department, and Orange County Animal Response Team (OCART). The lesson plans that will be used will be based upon the standard Federal Emergency Management Agency CERT training materials and tailored to the county's needs. The planning team will tailor the curriculum to Orange County's needs by creating new training modules such as a law enforcement driven community/personal safety section, and an animal care and management section. Training methodology will be on a three-tier approach. Orange County Emergency Management will host aTrain-the-Trainer seminar for existing public safety instructors to comprise the first tier. This first tier will train the second tier composed of volunteers from interested public safety agencies. It is this second tier that will provide the training to the citizens who constitute the third tier. It is hoped that this last tier will informally train other members of their community and their family, so that the information passes to everyone in the county. Targeted audiences will include homeowners associations, service organizations, existing 5