MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2016



Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) - Morning Session

Andrea Finnin, CERT Program Manager

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/02
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must ultimately attend all sessions, make-up sessions TBA.
Prereq: Must be a member of the MIT community.

Thank you so much for being interesting in joining MIT’s Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT)!  Ultimately we hope to build a presence in all main campus buildings, so that in the event of an emergency we have a network of people in place that can help to manage the event on location until disaster responders arrive, or to evacuate the building if necessary.  To do this we first need to build a capable team, and that's where you come in!

Started in the 80’s in California, CERT is a program whose main mission is to do the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people.  Information about the mission and background of CERT and some CERT FAQ’s can be found on FEMA’s website.

The full training manual is available for review and download online. Binders with all course materials will be provided to participants.

This training material was developed by FEMA and it takes 20 hours to complete.  The training covers the following segments:

One – Disaster Preparedness

Two – Fire Safety

Three – Disaster Medical Operations 1

Four – Disaster Medical Operations 2

Five – Search and Rescue

Six – CERT Organization and Disaster Psychology

Seven – Terrorism and CERT

Eight – Course Review and Exercise

Sponsor(s): Security and Emergency Management Office
Contact: Andrea Finnin, N52-413, 617 258-7366, ANDREAF@MIT.EDU


Disaster Preparedness

Jan/04 Mon 10:00AM-02:30PM N52-419D

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager


Disaster Medical Operations 1

Jan/06 Wed 10:00AM-12:30PM N52-419D

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager, David Barber - Emergency & Business Continuity Planner


Disaster Medical Operations 2

Jan/11 Mon 10:00AM-12:30PM N52-419D

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager, David Barber - Emergency & Business Continuity Planner


Disaster Medical Operations 3

Jan/13 Wed 10:00AM-02:30PM TBA

Basic Treatment - How to:

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager, David Barber - Emergency & Business Continuity Planner


Light Search/Rescue & CERT Organization

Jan/20 Wed 10:00AM-02:30PM N52-419D

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager


Fire Safety

Jan/22 Fri 10:00AM-02:30PM N52-419D

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager, Bill VanSchalkwyk - Managing Director, EHS Programs


Disaster Psychology

Jan/25 Mon 10:00AM-12:30PM N52-419D

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager, Amanda Destefano - Social Worker


Final Exercise

Jan/27 Wed 10:00AM-02:30PM N52-413

This session is our culminating exercise.

David Barber - Emergency & Business Continuity Planner, Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager, Kathryn Latimer - Emergency Management Outreach Coordinator