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Model Community Emergency Response Team [CERT]
Organization Chart and Training for Effective Operations
Charles J Blankenship
September 2015
Published by the Applied Government Studies Center September 2015
Introduction
The tenth anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina isaster remins !mericans of the
nee for citi"en volunteer trainin#$ preparation an or#ani"ation for effective
response to natural an man%mae isasters& The people of 'e( )rleans an
surrounin# areas clearly lacke the ability to cope (ith the situation (ithout
#overnment assistance& *any simply (aite for #overnment rescue (ithout takin#
community survival initiatives& +eople ie (aitin#&
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'o( (ith the al(ays present threat of natural isasters$ couple (ith (ar time
threats of ,slamist or other terrorist #roups- attacks on the homelan$ the nee for
local community emer#ency response or#ani"ations has never been #reater&
The .eeral /mer#ency *ana#ement !#ency$ ./*! (ithin the epartment ofHomelan Security$ recommens the creation of local Community /mer#ency
3esponse Teams C/3T in a nation(ie effort to make communities better
prepare an more resilient (hen isasters occur&
4nfortunately not all communities participate in this effort& Some local an county
#overnment electe officials an emer#ency response employees are reluctant or
even oppose to citi"en initiatives to create C/3TS ue to an apparent belief that
isaster operations are solely the responsibility of #overnment a#encies&
!ll local an county electe officials shoul enthusiastically support C/3T
creation& /ven over the hesitancy of their emer#ency mana#ement staff&
.ollo(in# are recommenation for C/3T or#ani"ation an trainin#& These moel
recommenations are similar but not ientical ./*! recommenations an are
esi#ne for more effective an efficient operations$ base on the author-s
eperiences&
Organization
!ttache is a recommene C/3T )r#ani"ation Chart&
The C/3T leaer shoul be a 6ualifie citi"en volunteers ,ncient Commaner&
The leaer coul be appointe by the local emer#ency mana#ement a#ency /*!
irector to insure a cooperative an supportive relationship$ but shoul not be an
/*! or other #overnment emer#ency response a#ency employee& That (oul be
counterprouctive to the C/3T-s mission of proviin# effective temporary
nei#hborhoo an community emer#ency response (hen no #overnmental
assistance is available&
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)ne or more eputy commaners shoul be inclue in the or#ani"ational structure
to provie relief time for the commaner or to supply leaership if the commaner
is absent from the community or is a victim or the incient&
C/3T ,ncient Commaners an eputies coul serve as liaison officers ifre6ueste to participate in /*! comman center activities urin# operations an
recovery&
! C/3T shoul be ivie into t(o sections7 Support Section an )perations
Section& /ach le by a section chief assiste by a eputy&
The support section is responsible for all plannin#$ lo#istics an aministration
functions& ,nclue in this section are financin#$ le#al$ information mana#ement$
trainin#$ ocumentation$ communications an other support functions& Support
functions are le by unit leaers&
The )perations Section conucts isaster response operations throu#h search an
rescue$ fire suppression an meical treatment activities&
The basic isaster response unit is strike team compose of four C/3T members
le by a strike team leaer& Search an rescue$ fire suppression an meical strike
teams are assemble into task forces le by a task force leaer& ! task force may
also contain any mi of multiple strike teams epenin# on the situation& The
number of volunteers etermines the potential number of strike teams an task
forces&
C/3Ts shoul consier follo(in# the practice of citi"en volunteer emer#ency
#roups in British Common(ealth countries an ientify leaers by rank insi#nia or
other evice place on arm bans$ vests$ hats or other articles of clothin#& This
allo(s C/3T members$ #overnment responers an the #eneral public to 6uickly
ientify C/3T leaers&
! su##este metho of selectin# commaners an leaers is sho(n in the seconattachment&
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Training
Trainin# is critical to the successful operation of a C/3T& The recommene
minimum trainin# re6uirements for C/3T members an leaers is outline in the
thir attachment& Trainin# can be obtaine on line from the 'ational C/3T
+ro#ram$ .eeral /mer#ency *ana#ement !#ency of the epartment of
Homelan Security& Traine C/3T members coul also furnish local class room
trainin# to other members&
Specialist volunteerin# for the Support Section shoul have back#roun eucation
an eperience in their specialty fiel in aition to basic C/3T trainin#& *eical
strike team volunteers shoul have trainin# an eperience in tria#e an emer#ency
meical treatment in aition to C/3T trainin#&
Comments are welcomed either through the Applied Government Studies Center
[www.agscenter.org] or directly to the author [charles@agscenter.org]
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Attachments
C/3T )r#ani"ation Chart
C/3T 8eaers Selection
C/3T *inimum Trainin# 3e6uirements
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