CRESTVIEW — Have you ever wanted to help after a disaster but thought you couldn't because you lack a first responder's physical capabilities?
Kris Boone and Robert Clisham, with the North Okaloosa County Community Emergency Response Team, will present “Community Emergency Response Team: There’s a Job for Everyone."
The event — 10:30 a.m. Dec. 2 at the Crestview Public Library, 1445 Commerce Drive — is part of the library's First Tuesday Lecture Series programs. Coffee and cookies will be served at 10 a.m.
North Okaloosa Community Emergency Response Team members bring a varied level of physical capabilities and a vast array of skills and abilities to the table.
CERT members have learned, among other lessons, fire safety, light search and rescue and how to help firefighters stay hydrated so they can continue fighting sweeping fires.
"The team needs … individuals who can assist in many capacities," an event spokesperson said.
Call the library, 682-4432, or email CERT, nokaloosacert@gmail.com, for more details.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Community disaster training takes focus Dec. 2