Snapshot: BERT
Students learn to use radiation detection equipment during the inaugural delivery of the CDP’s BERT Course.
Students learn to use radiation detection equipment this week during the inaugural delivery of the CDP’s Basic Emergency Response Training (BERT) Course. The three-day resident offering teaches responders how to identify basic hazardous materials, survey and assess scenes with hazardous materials, triage and decontaminate casualties, and choose and operate a number of hazardous materials detection and air monitoring instruments.