What is CERT?

Community Emergency Response Team

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program is a FEMA credentialed course that educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the 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. CERT offers a consistent, nationwide approach to volunteer training and organization that professional responders can rely on during disaster situations, allowing first responders to focus on more complex tasks.

Course Curriculum

    1. Introduction From The Founder

    2. Tell Us About Yourself

    3. Introduction to Course and URA's CERT Program Manager

    1. Unit 1 Overview

    2. Section 2 | Community Preparedness Roles and Responsibilities

    3. Section 3 | Hazards and Their Potential Impact

    4. Section 4 | Home and Workplace Preparedness

    5. Section 5 | Reducing the Impacts of Hazards Through Mitigation

    6. Section 6 | CERT Disaster Response

    7. Section 7 | Additional Training for CERT Volunteers

    8. Unit 1 Summary

    1. Unit 2 Overview

    2. Section 2 | CERT Organization

    3. Section 3 | CERT Mobilization

    4. Section 4 | Documentation

    5. Unit 2 Summary

    1. Unit 3 Overview

    2. Section 2 | Treating Life-Threatening Conditions

    3. Section 3 | Basic First-Aid Care

    4. Unit 3 Summary

    5. Tourniquet Application

    6. Controlling Bleeding

    7. Maintaining Body Temperature

    8. Signs of Shock

    9. Checking Radial Pulse

    10. Mobilizing Extremities

    11. EpiPen

    12. Jaw Thrust

    1. Unit 4 Overview

    2. Section 2 | Mass Casualty

    3. Section 3 | Functions of DMOs

    4. Section 4 | Establishing Medical Treatment Areas

    5. Section 5 | Conducting Head-to-Toe Assessments

    6. Section 6 | Public Health Consequences

    7. Unit 4 Summary

    8. Head-to-Toe Demonstration

    1. Unit 5 Overview

    2. Section 2 | Disaster Reactions

    3. Section 3 | Self Care and Team Well Being

    4. Section 4 | Working with Survivors' Emotional Responses

    5. Unit 5 Summary

About this course

  • $50.00
  • 63 lessons
  • 6 hours of video content