Wide-angle documentary shot of community volunteers in high-visibility orange vests collaborating over a map during an active daytime emergency drill, bright natural daylight, sharp focus.
Wide-angle documentary shot of community volunteers in high-visibility orange vests collaborating over a map during an active daytime emergency drill, bright natural daylight, sharp focus.
What is CERT?

INTELLIGENT CIVILIAN OPERATIONAL READINESS

Localized Community Emergency Response Team training

Civilis Exitus CERT provides information on Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response aligned with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), FEMA, and DHS standards. We equip neighborhood persons with basic principles for tactical coordination skills to avoid and replace panic when organized incident command IS REQUIRED.

Civilis Exitus CERT

Civilis Exitus CERT OPERATIONAL STANDARDS

FEMA and NIMS Compliant

95%

NIMS-compliant protocols

24 hr

Official Community/Neighborhood Readiness

100%

Appropriate Connection to FUNCTIONALITY

Protect your OWN Future

We go from the Known to the Unknown, in order to know what has previously been Unknown.

Introduction VIDEO on JULY 21ST

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Typical Process of a CERT Organization

  1. Civilian Recruiting

  2. 21hr. Basic Training

  3. Continuous team Coordination

Organized dispatch via sponsoring agency or authorized process.

Incident Command

FEMA curriculum and training standards are used to produce a group of Disaster Assets and persons capable of being "Extensions of First Responders" during a qualified event or incident.

Mobilizing local volunteers and networks is a local municipality's responsibility... In ALL municipalities where Institutional Racism is a factor, the CERT organization must plan accordingly. (IS-315.a Slide 19)

Support local /"County EMA" leadership and maintaining YOUR CERT readiness... Be aware of conditions that may negate Mutual-Aide-Agreements, and be aware decisions that will be made based on "scarcity of resources".

R4W Academy (Under Recostruction)

Build YOUR Response Network

Find your place in the local disaster preparedness process. Even if You/WE don't feel welcome to the table, You/WE have the basic Obligation, and The Right, to access structured training to build Individual/Personal, Family, and Community Resilience -- ESPECIALLY, after the 400 year history.