Transcript CERT Unit 6
Contra Costa County CERT Program
Unit 6 – CERT Organization
Released: 6 September 2010
Community Emergency Response Team
Personal safety is ALWAYS the number one priority
Work as a team
Wear personal protective equipment…gloves, helmet,
goggles, N95 mask and boots
The CERT goal is to do the
Greatest Good for the Greatest Number
Hope for the best but plan for the worst
Visual 6.1
Unit 6 - CERT Organization
CLASS OBJECTIVES
Describe the CERT organization
Identify how CERTs interrelate with ICS
Explain documentation requirements
Visual 6.2
Purpose of On-Scene Management
Maintain physical safety of disaster workers
Maintain mental well being of disaster workers
Provide clear leadership and organizational structure
Improve effectiveness of rescue efforts
Visual 6.3
Need for CERT Organization
Incident Command System provides:
Well-defined management structure
Manageable span of control
Common terminology
Effective communication
Consolidated action plans
Comprehensive resource management
Accountability
Visual 6.4
Objectives of CERT Organization
Identifies the scope of the
incident
• What is the problem?
Determines an overall strategy
• What can CERT do, and will
they do it?
Deploys resources
• Who is going to do what?
Documents actions and results
• If you didn’t write it down,
it didn’t happen
Visual 6.5
CERT & ICS
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM
Provides flexibility of resource management
Management Span of Control
There are 5 major management activities in ICS
Command
Operations
Planning
Logistics
Finance/ Administration
Visual 6.6
ICS Management
SPAN OF CONTROL
Is between 3 and 7 team members
Optimally does not exceed 5 team members
Visual 6.7
CERT and ICS
CERT
Leader
(Incident
Commander)
Operations
Section
Logistics
Section
Plans
Section
Basic CERT ICS
Visual 6.8
Administration
Section
Command and Control
Incident Commander… “What to do”
CERT leader
Operations… “How to do it”
Manage the teams in the field
Logistics… “How to support it”
Manage resources, supplies and equipment
Planning / Intelligence… “What’s going on”
Make incident plans,Collect and display information
Administration… “What gets recorded”
Collect and compile documentation
Visual 6.9
ICS – Incident Commander
Sets objectives and priorities,
has overall responsibility at
the incident or event.
Establishes the command post
Assigns personnel as needed
Initially may be responsible for
Operations, Plans, Logistics
and Administration duties. As
event grows the IC will
delegate these.
Ensures coordination of staff
actions and activities
Visual 6.10
ONE MORE
FIREFIGHTER
SHOULD
DO IT
Dealing with the Media
Refer media
inquiries to CERT
Team Leader / IC
Do not let media
interfere with
CERT goals
Visual 6.11
CERT Operations Section
Operations
Section
Medical
Group Leader
Search & Rescue
Group Leader
Transportation
Team
S&R Team A
XXX
Team A
Treatment
Teams
S&R Team B
XXX
Team B
Morgue Team
S&R Team C
XXX
Team C
Supply Teams
Visual 6.12
XXX
Group Leader
ICS - Operations
OPERATIONS
Develops the operations tactics
Develops the organization structure
Conducts tactical operations to carry out the plan
Directs all resources deployed
Visual 6.13
ICS - Plans
PLANS
Develops the action plan to accomplish the
objectives defined for the event
Collects and evaluates information
Maintains resource status on all equipment and
personnel during event
Maintains incident documentation
Visual 6.14
ICS - Logistics
LOGISTICS
Provides resources and all other services
needed to support an incident:
Personnel
Food
Communications
Facilities
Transportation, etc.
Visual 6.15
ICS - Administration
ADMINISTRATION / FINANCE
Responsible for costs related to incident
Provides accounting, procurement, time recording
and cost analyses
Visual 6.16
CERT Structure
CERT Leader (Incident Commander)
Appointed
to direct CERT team activities
In a disaster response, this person is usually
the first person to arrive at the pre-designated
staging area
Command Post
Location the CERT Leader establishes for
command and control of incident
CERT Leader may appoint Operations, Planning,
Logistics, etc. as incident expands
A CERT incident may be small or large
Visual 6.17
CERT Mobilization
CERTS:
Take care of themselves, their family, their home and
their neighbors
Respond to staging area, gathering facts along the way
First to arrive is in charge of incident and is CERT
Leader
CERT organization should have effective
communications, a manageable span of control and
maintain accountability
The greatest good for the greatest
number without placing CERT
members in harms way
Visual 6.18
CERT Mobilization
CERT Mobilization (When, Where & How)
Depending on CERT protocols, CERT members
respond to pre-designated locations ready for response
CERT IC will develop an organization plan
Priorities may change as operation continues; CERT IC
needs to stay on top of these shifting priorities
Communications must be organized, efficient and
effective
ICS was developed to assist in the management of
major incidents - Use it
Goal is always to do the greatest good for the greatest
number of people while maintaining CERT safety
Visual 6.19
CERT Decision Making Review
Heavy damage =
No rescue, mark as heavy
damage, warn people to
stay away
Moderate damage =
Minimize rescuers time in
building
Light damage =
Locate, triage, treat, and
prioritize victim removal
Visual 6.20
Team Functions in Light Damage
Search & Rescue Group
Locate, triage, tag, transport ‘Delayed’ and
‘Immediate’ to medical treatment area, document
Medical Group
Triage again, head-to-toe, treatment, transport
“Immediates” to a higher level of medical care,
document
Utility Control Group
Visual 6.21
Shut off utilities as needed, extinguish small fires,
document
Team Functions in Moderate Damage
Search & Rescue Group
Locate, stabilize, evacuate, triage in safe
area, warn others, document
Medical Group
Triage again, head-to-toe in safe area, treatment in
safe area, transport “Immediates” to a higher level
of medical care, document
Other Groups as Necessary such as:
Utilities Group
Visual 6.22
Shut off utilities as needed, extinguish small fires,
document
Team Functions in Heavy Damage
Search & Rescue Group
Search around the perimeter for victims, gather
information, warn others, document
Utility Control Group
Visual 6.23
Shut off utilities if safe to do so, document
Documentation
Under CERT each level of authority is responsible
for documentation (Incident Commander, Operations,
Planning, Logistics, Administration / Finance)
Visual 6.24
Documentation Responsibilities
CERT Teams provide the Command Post with
ongoing information and documentation on:
Damage assessment
Team status
Ongoing needs
Command Post documents:
Incident
status
• Incident locations, Access routes, Identified
hazards
• Support locations: Staging Area,
Treatment/Triage Areas, Morgue
Visual 6.25
CERT Forms
Damage Assessment
Personnel Resources Sign-In
Incident/Assignment Tracking Log
Briefing Assignment
Victim Treatment Area Record
Communications Log
Equipment Inventory
General Message
Forms are in Participant Manual pages 6-20 to 6-28
Visual 6.26
Visual 6.27
Exercise
A disaster has happened.
You took care of your family and the people in your
neighborhood.
Now you are at the ‘mustering” site, the pre-arranged
location where you met the other available CERTs.
Your group was able to establish contact with the EOC and
was duly activated.
You are about to receive assignments. The Incident
Commander expects your team to report what it has done
at the end of the day.
Visual 6.28
How Did You Do?
Incident
Number
Minor
Green
Delayed
Yellow
Immediate
Red
Dead
Black
Fire
Burning
1
Light
Damage
Moderate
Damage
Heavy
Damage
Hazards
1
2
2
3
1
1
1
4
5
Fire
Out
1
2
3
3
6
1
7
1
8
5
9
4
3
10
11
Total
Visual 6.29
1
11
4
9
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
In The End Calm Heads Prevail
Visual 6.30
Unit Summary
CERT Organization
CERTs
are part of ICS
ICS
Flexible
and Scalable
Command Structure
Documentation
Visual 6.31