CERT group trains today

Twenty-four Jackson County residents will complete disaster response training today with Ashland's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Ashland Public Works.

The 24-hour curriculum taught over two intensive weekends includes disaster medical operations, instruction with fire extinguishers, organizing using the Incident Command System and a disaster exercise.

The current group includes four Jacksonville residents, two from Talent, one from Medford and 17 Ashlanders.

A part of Ashland Fire and Rescue, the preparedness and response training program has been in Ashland since 1999 and more 360 residents have graduated from it.

For more information about CERT, call 552-2226 or visit www.ashlandcert.org.