Civilian Emergency Response Team (CERT) 2-meter Net Check-In

Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)

"The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community."

SOURCE: http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/

"The basic idea is to use CERT to perform the large number of tasks needed in emergencies. This frees highly trained professional responders for more technical tasks. Much of CERT training concerns the Incident Command System and organization, so CERT members fit easily into larger command structures.

A team may self-activate (self-deploy) when their own neighborhood is affected by disaster. An effort is made to report their response status to the sponsoring agency. A self-activated team will size-up the loss in their neighborhood and begin performing the skills they have learned to minimize further loss of life, property, and environment. They will continue to respond safely until redirected or relieved by the sponsoring agency or professional responders on-scene.

Teams in neighborhoods not affected by disaster may be deployed or activated by the sponsoring agency. The sponsoring agency may communicate with neighborhood CERT leaders through an organic communication team. In some areas the communications may be by amateur radio, FRS, GMRS or MURS radio, dedicated telephone or fire-alarm networks. In other areas, relays of bicycle-equipped runners can effectively carry mail between the teams and the local emergency operations center."

CERT Team Member Roles
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends that the standard, ten-person team be comprised as follows:

▪ CERT Team Leader
▪ Safety Officer
▪ Fire Suppression Team (2 people)
▪ Search and Rescue Team (2 people)
▪ Medical Triage Team (2 people)
▪ Medical Treatment Team (2 people)

CERT Training
While state and local jurisdictions will implement training in the manner that best suits the community, the Citizen Corps CERT program has an established curriculum. Jurisdictions may augment the training, but are strongly encouraged to deliver the entire core content. The Citizen Corps CERT core curriculum for the basic course is composed of the following nine units (time is instructional hours):

▪ Unit 1: Disaster Preparedness (2.5 hrs)
▪ Unit 2: Fire Safety (2.5 hrs)
▪ Unit 3: Disaster Medical Operations part 1 (2.5 hrs)
▪ Unit 4: Disaster Medical Operations part 2 (2.5 hrs)
▪ Unit 5: Light Search and Rescue Operations (2.5 hrs)
▪ Unit 6: CERT Organization (1.5 hrs)
▪ Unit 7: Disaster Psychology (1 hr)
▪ Unit 8: Terrorism and CERT (2.5 hrs)
▪ Unit 9: Course Review and Disaster Simulation (2.5 hrs)

SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Emergency_Response_Team

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[1TacticalMedic]

Dumb Question< is your wrist watch a MTM Special Ops Watch

[USNERDOC]

@1TacticalMedic - No, although I did check out their website after getting your comment! My watch is made by TruGlo. I did a short review on the watch perhaps 6 months ago. If you do a search on my YT channel for TruGlo you will find all the details.

[civsheepdog]

Curious how this would work in the event of an EMP. Would your equipment still work?

[USNERDOC]

@civsheepdog - I will address this in a future video.

[ihikearoundcom]

Nice CERT! We have CERT here as well but It is currently well under the radar on Long Island and NYC. We have a regional team of maybe 50 people. Guess because there are so many first responders and they have handled everything so far people have no need for CERT

If I were to get into ham radio what would be a good first set up?

Do you have a solar charger like a Brunton if the power goes out for your radio?

[USNERDOC]

@ihikearoundcom - I am working on an intro series to HAM radio, as well as, emergency go-bags and portable / emergency power.

[samsiteone]

Very nice, I'm about to purchase the wouxun KG-UV3D and studying for ham license. Nice to see the usefulness of this hobby.

[clipdan]

thanks for sharing!

[TacticalSoleSurvivor]

Hey this is really nice. Glad to see that people are preparing.

[wattstarr911]

Im a ham and currently in a CERT course....wonder if this would fly in the New Orleans area......

[jdailey19811]

Finally got me a dual band HT. Now I can check into our 440 nets. The 2M nets here provide no info, except when weather nets are called.

[OFP508]

Doc,

Gotta love being in CERT and Amateur Radio - they belong together. I'm glad, I too got involved with the Eugene-Springfield CERT down the road from you. Its enjoyable and also fun. But, like you being a ER Doc and me being a Volunteer Firefighter and getting involved with our communities it makes the service to our family, neighbors and friends our lives just a tad better in the service we to the community as a whole.

73's,

Jeff KE7OUR

[gchenley]

I'm just getting into ham radio, thanks for the interesting videos.

[jdailey19811]

We need a net like this in Southern middle Tennessee. All of our nets are nothing but chit chat, nothing of value.