collegiate cert in partnership with north dakota state university the north dakota division of...
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Collegiate CERTIn partnership with
North Dakota State University the North Dakota Division of Emergency Management and in collaboration with
North Dakota League of Cities
Objective
To serve and enrich North Dakota State University and the Fargo/Moorhead metropolitan area through community-based educational program with the purpose of increasing the community's ability to prepare for and cope with emergencies and disasters.
Goal
Utilize Emergency Management Program faculty and students within the university settings to increase awareness of personal safety, first aid, security, fire prevention .storm readiness and hazard mitigation
VisionHave a campus-wide program in
which each college, department, program and center has CERT personnel trained to prepare for and respond to an emergency or disaster.
Students
• Approximately 12,000 students
Faculty
• Approximately 500 faculty
Support Personnel
• Nearly 1,000 support personnel
Metropolitan Community
• Nearly 140,000
Colleges and Majors
North Dakota State University has eight colleges including; • Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences• Science and Math• Architecture and Engineering• Human Development and Education • Business Administration• Pharmacy• Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources
These colleges combined offer over 100 different majors.
Emergency Management Program
Degrees offered:– Minor– Bachelors– Masters– Doctorate
NDSU Emergency Management Student Association
EmergencyManagementStudent Benefits
• First hand knowledge of planning and exercising
• Ability to acquire and share practical skills
• Enhanced in-field abilities
Emergency ManagementStudent Benefits
• Integration of theoretical and practical
• Enhanced job placement• Community participation
Goals for Collegiate CERT
• Train NDSU faculty and staff
• Train approximately 12,000 NDSU students
• Provide information and education to students, faculty and staff in all phases of emergencies and disasters
• Help develop individual andfamily emergency planning
Training for Collegiate CERT
• Implement basic CERT curricula• Utilize additional curricula
concentrations– Based on specific risks or hazards each
major or college is vulnerable to.
Training Goals for Collegiate CERT
• Personal safety• Fire safety• Fire suppression• First aid and CPR• Lab safety• Animal/crop safety• Storm Readiness• Hazard Mitigation
• Research projects• CERT organizational development• Recruiting materials• Training programs• Exercise development and
implementation
Emergency Management Student Opportunities
University Benefits
• Reduced vulnerability through– Specialists in relevant areas in all
departments on the university campus
– Increased awareness of safety and security concerns
– Increased performance – Lower medical costs
Community Benefits• Augment city and county
resources for readiness and emergency operations
• Aid in the development of further integrated Fargo/NDSU response teams
• Integration of university activities with community
State Benefits
• Enhance state’s capability for readiness• Increase efficiency of North Dakota’s
volunteer pool through training• Increase Citizen Corps participation
throughout state, via social dissemination from current and former collegiate CERT members.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Arthur Oyola-Yemaiel, Ph.D.
Emergency Management Program Director
Kent Theurer
NDSU-EMSA President
Emergency Management Graduate Student