This is a continuation of the review chapter of the CERT class and book. I am reviewing the questions but don’t know which of my answers are correct. If you know the correct answers feel free to give them in the comment section of this blog until I come back and ask he make corrections.
After a tornado ravages a nearby community, you and your fellow CERT members volunteered to help with the search and rescue operations. You arrive on the scene to discover collapsed houses, cars are swept up into the trees, and various debris strewn everywhere.
- As you begin the CERT size up process, what is the first thing you should do?
Gather facts.
You and three other CERT members begin searching the local library, a large brick building where many people in the community were instructed to take cover before the storm. A size up of the building reveals superficial damage, including broken windows and cracked plaster.
- How do you classify the damage of the building?
Light damage.
As you continue your search of the library, you make a single slash (/) next to the doorway of the first room you enter.
- What information do you write in what will become the left quadrant of this search marketing?
Your agency or group number
While stopping frequently to listen, you hear a faint cry for help from the corner of the room. You walk over to find a young boy who has shards in his leg. He is unable to walk.
- Keep in mind that you are searching the room with only two other CERT members, which of the following is not recommended way for could moving the boy?
Blanket carry.
Upon completing your search and rescue in the library, you enter a house with the second floor has collapsed, creating a lean –to void.
- How should you proceed?
Leave the premises immediately and mark the structure as unsound.
