When disaster strikes: Volunteers prepare in advance with CERT basic training

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WAIMEA — One Saturday last September, fire alarms rang loudly at a Hawaii Preparatory Academy dorm building. What looked like smoke escaping from a lounge area, was actually a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) simulation that went wrong. ADVERTISING WAIMEA