Tipton County Constables - Community Emergency Response Team

CERT Manuals, Media, and Links

Manuals

Introduction to CERT - Guide to Community Preparedness
CERT Basic Participant Manual
Animal Response 1
Animal Response 2
Hazard - Tornados
Self-Care

Presentations

Forms

Damage Assessment - Completed by CERT members as they travel through the area to the CERT staging location, then given to the CERT IC/TL; provides a summary of overall hazards in selected areas, including: Fires, Utility hazards, Structural damage, Injuries and casualties, Available access
Personnel Resources - Used by staging personnel to track personnel availability. Used to sign in CERT members as they arrive at the staging location; provides information about: Who is on-site, When they arrived, When they were assigned, Their special skills
Incident/Assignment Tracking Log - Used by the Command Post for keeping abreast of situation status; contains essential information for tracking the overall situation
Briefing Assignment - Used by the Command Post to provide instructions to functional teams; used by teams to log their actions and report new damage assessment information
Victim Treatment Area Record - Completed by medical treatment area personnel to record victims entering the treatment area, their condition, and their status
Communications Log - Completed by the radio operator; used to log incoming and outgoing transmissions
Equipment Inventory - Used to check out and check in CERT-managed equipment
General Message - Used for sending messages between command levels and groups; messages should be clear and concise and should focus on such key issues as: Assignment completion, Additional resources required, Special information, Status update
Volunteer Enrollment Form - This is a form required citywide for all volunteers. It is required for many of our events.
Activity Log - ICS214

Self-Paced Training

Introduction to Community Emergency Response Team IS-317a - A pre-requisite for CERT Basic classroom training
Introduction to the Incident Command System - IS-100c - understand the organizational structure of the Incident Command System
Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response - IS-200c - Using the Incident Command System for Initial Response
CERT and the Incident Command System IS-315a - CERT's relationship to the Incident Command System & roles in a disaster
Introduction to the National Incident Management System IS-700.b - The National Incident Management System defines the comprehensive approach guiding the whole community to work together seamlessly to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents.
National Response Framework, An Introduction IS-800.d - National Response Framework focuses especially on those who are involved in delivering and applying the response core capabilities.
Animals in Disasters: Awareness and Preparedness IS-10a - help animal owners to understand incident management
Livestock in Disasters IS-111.A - Training for emergency managers to present a unified approach to mitigate the impact of disasters on animal agriculture.

Links & Sources of Training

Videos

Tipton County Constable's Office

Tipton County, Tennessee

CERT Manuals, Media, and Links