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CERT Mock Disaster
CERT "Mock Disaster" Hurricane Peggy
To Hit Universal Studios
City of Orlando.
The City of Orlando will host the 8th Annual CERT (Community Emergency Response Teams) Mock Disaster at Universal Studios Florida on May 9th.
This staging of this year's disaster, Hurricane Peggy, will begin at 6PM in the soundstages and in the streets of Universal Studios. CERT teams will respond to the mock hurricane to experience first hand, the excitement and tensions felt in a crisis situation.
Team Preparation begins; the hurricane will hit at 7:30 PM. Interview opportunities are available with hurricane victims, make-up artists and CERT team members.
Central Florida Search and Rescue dogs will also give a demonstration on how they find victims in debris. CERT team members are trained as first responders to provide help to local ublic safety during a disaster situation. The Orlando Fire Department has specially trained area citizens in storm preparations, disaster medical operations, emergency management, fire suppression and safe search and rescue techniques in an effort to provide care for themselves and others until help arrives.