{"id":264792,"date":"2026-04-13T01:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264792\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T01:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:32:07","slug":"berkeley-offering-emergency-preparedness-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264792\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley offering emergency preparedness classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Berkeley is offering emergency preparedness classes beginning later this month.<\/p>\n<p>City officials said <a href=\"https:\/\/berkeleyca.gov\/safety-health\/disaster-preparedness\/trainings\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Community Emergency Response Team training program<\/a>, known as CERT, will provide instruction on practical skills to help individuals respond in the critical moments before first responders arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said these early moments following a major disaster are often when emergency services are stretched thin and unable to immediately reach every neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>The classes will cover a range of topics, including extinguishing small household fires, conducting basic search and rescue operations, performing first aid, and assisting survivors coping with extreme stress.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions will be held at the Fire Department&#8217;s training center in West Berkeley, located at 997 Cedar Street.<\/p>\n<p>City officials said each class lasts three to four hours and will be offered twice between April 23 and July 25, with both evening and weekend options available.<\/p>\n<p>Participants may enroll in individual sessions or complete all seven classes in the series. Some courses require prerequisites, and officials recommend taking them in sequence.<\/p>\n<p>The city said registration is available through Eventbrite, and space is limited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city of Berkeley is offering emergency preparedness classes beginning later this month. City officials said the Community&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-264792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}