You Are The Help Until Help Arrives
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program 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 them to focus on more complex tasks.
Sheridan Community Emergency Response Team
Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana
FORMS
HCEM CERT FORMS
Command Post
Used to sign in CERT members as they arrive at the staging location; provides information about:
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Who is on site
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When they arrived
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When they were assigned
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Their special skills
Personnel Resources Check-in
Assignment Tracking Log
Used by the Command Post for keeping abreast of situation status; contains essential information for tracking the overall situation
Victims & Locations
Used by the Command Post for capturing data from SAR. Data captured: # of victims, status of victum, adult, teen or child, and location status.
Used to check out and check in CERT-managed equipment
Equipment Inventory
Completed by the radio operator; used to log incoming and outgoing transmissions
Communications Log
Used to sign in spontaneous unaffiliated volunteers as they arrive at the staging location; provides information about:
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Who is on site
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When they arrived
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When they were assigned
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Their special skills
Volunteer Resources Check-in
Used by the Command Post to provide instructions to functional teams. Used to recognize potential incident Health and Safety Hazards and develop necessary measures to protect responders from those hazards.
Incident Briefing
Medical Treatment Area
Medical Treatment Area Log
Completed by medical treatment area personnel to record victims entering the treatment area, their condition, and their status
Search & Rescue
Damage Briefing Summary
Used by the Command Post to provide instructions to functional teams; used by teams to log their actions and report new damage assessment information
Damage Assessment Form
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:
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Fires
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Utility hazards
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Structural damage
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Injuries and casualties
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Available access
4 W's
Completed by CERT members as they travel through the area assessing the location asking"
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What happened?
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Where did it happen?
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When did it happen?
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Who did it happen to?
