 On this day, there's a lot of theatrics going down at Maria Montessori Charter Academy in Rockland. And enough makeup and fake blood to impress Gene Simmons. Corn syrup, dyed red. The multi-purpose room is now a dressing room, where the school's second through sixth graders are being made to look like victims of a fictional earthquake disaster. From here, they go back to their classrooms and wait. I got two black guys and bruising behind my ears. Wow, does that hurt? Sort of. These kids are getting into character while waiting for the alarm to sound. That's when their acting skills will be put to the test. That is a grody wound. I know. They're wonderful actors. Yeah? Yeah. How about you? You having fun with this? Yes, I love this. It's great. We look forward to it every year. It's really cool. This is the seventh year they've held their annual Team Community Emergency Response Team Mock Disaster Drill. Everyone has a role and a responsibility, including Incident Commander and Public Information Officer. We're dealing with parents who may be freaked out. Our overall job is to give the right amount of information and good information to keep everybody calm. In another classroom nearby, members of Team CERT are gathering their gear, reviewing their plans, and learning the disaster scenario they're about to face, a large earthquake that's damaged their school and the community. Fire crews and police are delayed due to down power lines, which are blocking access to the school. They're not allowed to go to the injured students, but it's something they've trained for. They learn to do scene size-up, assess the situation, they learn what safety equipment they need, they learn how to suppress fires, they learn triage first aid, all of these excellent skills, and then this is their chance to apply all those skills they've been studying the whole year. This is a earthquake drill. Right now, drop cover and hold on. Drop to the floor now. Let's go. Let's go. Team! Team! Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Team! Let's go. Inside the first room, teen-cert members put their training into action, under the watchful eyes of Rockland firefighters. Team members assess each victim's injuries, red for the most severe, or yellow, or black. What does black mean? Dead. But time's ticking, life's at stake here. Hey guys, remember, 30 seconds. 30 seconds. Keep moving. The victims are moved as soon as possible. What was once the dressing room is now the triage area. Everybody has a role to play. PIO, who by the way, is a little too enthusiastic about removing this reporter from the incident scene. Are you throwing me out? Yes, I am, sir. Very kind. But I'm just doing my job. So am I. CERT is a program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills. Teen CERT members are usually high school kids. Here, there's seventh and eighth graders. And among the youngest participants in the country, whatever the age, these volunteers learn about and demonstrate the safety practices we at Cal OES advocate daily. One hour later, it's all done. The last thing I heard was they've cleared all of the living out of all the rooms that were hit. So they've cleared over 100 victims, about 125 victims right now. Success, which for most of these kids will carry on beyond the campus. They'll have that training, they'll have that confidence to be leaders in their schools and in their homes and in their communities.