Personal Emergency Preparedness Classes [PEP]

Oakland PEP Rallies? Yes, please!

Ready, Oakland? We're creating a culture of preparedness and cultivating a more resilient community via a series of monthly PEP rallies happening all throughout 2024! Each month, on the third Thursday, we'll hold 1 PEP training session. Tell a friend and register to complete the course together! If you're interested in co-hosting, contact the Oakland PEP Training Coordinator.

Register for Oakland PEP Training!

Host A PEP Training for your Neighborhood!

The information below will help you organize and host Oakland PEP training for your community and ensure your neighborhood emergency preparedness training is a success!

Important information to communicate to your team:

As a Host Neighborhood, you are responsible for:

- Leading/directing the coordination between EMSD and the facility that you select as the training location.

- Liaising between EMSD/Neighborhood Services/your city council representative’s office and any other orgs/agencies you would like to involve/include.

- Promoting the training opportunity in your neighborhood/district.

- Liaising between EMSD and residents from your neighborhood/district that are interested in attending.

10 Ways EMSD/OFD can support your mission.
EMSD can help you get your community ready by:

- Providing the PEP training curriculum

- Scheduling/booking the PEP training instructors

- Providing the PEP training supplies

- Providing the PEP training participant giveaways

- Publishing information online that confirms you/your site as the host location

- Publishing information online that describes this meeting as having a focus on your community's unique composition

- Publishing information online that confirms that translation and other information and access services will be available

- Coordinating the language and access services – advanced notice/coordination is required.

- Managing the course registration process for you

- Providing a basic template to help you promote your class

Why Oakland PEP Training?
High level goals/outcomes of Oakland PEP training:

- Increase individual/household emergency preparedness in your neighborhood

- Complete steps 1-3 for Establishing an Oakland Neighborhood CERT

- Select your Neighborhood CERT Captain

- Designate a team primary point of contact Team POC

- Register your neighborhood CERT with the Oakland Fire Department

- 10 Minute Zoom Call with myself, or we can do this onsite at the PEP training.

- Get your team trained (you all can complete your training at the same time, in the same session together, or independently).

- We can allot time in the PEP training for attendees to register for an upcoming Oakland CERT training.

Note: All upcoming PEP training dates have been published online (listed above). If there is a date/time that does not does not work for your community, please contact the Oakland PEP Training Coordinator to suggest a date/time that is either 3 days before or after the published date and we will check to see if we can accommodate it.

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