MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2017



Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) - Afternoon Session

Andrea Finnin, CERT Program Manager

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/29
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
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): Emergency Management
Contact: Andrea Finnin, N52-413, 617 258-7366, ANDREAF@MIT.EDU


Disaster Preparedness

Jan/10 Tue 01:00PM-03:30PM N52-419D

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager


Light Search/Rescue & CERT Organization

Jan/11 Wed 01:00PM-03:30PM N52-419D, May reschedule based on class availability.

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager


Fire Safety

Jan/12 Thu 01:00PM-03:30PM N52-419

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager


Disaster Medical Operations 1

Jan/17 Tue 01:00PM-03:30PM N52-419

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


Disaster Medical Operations 2

Jan/19 Thu 01:00PM-03:30PM N52-419

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


Disaster Medical Operations 3

Jan/24 Tue 01:00PM-03:30PM N52-419

Basic Treatment - How to:

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


Disaster Psychology

Jan/26 Thu 01:00PM-03:30PM N52-419D

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager


Final Exercise

Jan/31 Tue 01:00PM-03:30PM N52-419D

This session is our culminating exercise.

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager