International CERT
BRAZIL
CERT team training has been provided in Rio de Janeiro since 2003 by the
Associação Casa Esperança and Ministério Avivamento Já, which maintains a
website with photos and translated material at www.certbrasil.info.
Contact: Paul Cull
email: paul@paulcull.org
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Founded in 1989, the City of Victoria ( British Columbia -
Canada ) Neighbourhood Program is a comprehensive educational, training and
support program designed to assist residents and their neighbours prepare for
the uncertainties associated with a local natural disaster. Modeled after the
successful Sunnyvale (SNAP) and City of Los Angeles (CERT) programs,
neighbourhood volunteers receive training in personal preparedness, disaster
first aid, basic search and rescue and damage assessment. Given the fact most
emergency services are overwhelmed and unavailable during the initial stages
of a disaster attendees realize very quickly the program is in their best
interest.
Contact: Pam Delaney, Victoria Emergency Management Agency
Liaison Officer
Phone: 250-920-3373
MANITOBA, CANADA
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA
CERT NWT was established in 2003 in order to further emergency preparedness in
the NWT and also to assist other organizations in time of need. CERT NWT
developed from CERT BC which was founded in 1995 to promulgate emergency
preparedness within the Vancouver Island region of BC. Currently CERT NWT
has an active partnership with CERT BC.
ONTARIO, CANADA
Made in Ontario
The Community Emergency Response Volunteers (CERV) Ontario program is a $1
million province-wide network of neighbourhood-based, multi-functional teams of
volunteers trained in basic emergency management principles and skills.
Objectives
* The Emergency Measures Ontario (EMO) volunteer program will reinforce the
overall government direction to continually improve emergency management
practices in the province, and effectively and cost effectively help enhance
emergency management at the grassroots level.
* It will be modelled on the highly successful Community Emergency Response
Teams program operated by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
BRAMPTON, ONTARIO, CANADA
Most people spontaneously help in emergency situations. Most
of us cannot sit by when something is happening in front of our eyes.
Experience has shown that people will go into dangerous zones even if they are
totally unprepared. Unfortunately, they often get hurt and occasionally are
fatally injured.
By joining the Community Emergency Response Volunteer program
(CERV), you can be ready to act safely in emergency situations with the
confidence acquired through training. The City of Brampton and its partners
in Emergency Preparedness invite you to become a volunteer member of a local CERV.
To join a team, you must first be certified. Certification is
obtained by attending a seven week training program, one evening per week, and
successfully going through a weekend-long drill.
email:
beminfo@city.brampton.on.ca
MINDANAO POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, GENERAL SANTOS CITY, PHILIPPINES
Inspired by your organization's goal, being a nurse, I also would like to be of
help to the community. This is the reason why I also organized our own team here
in General Santos City, Philippines. I am a school nurse and, at the same time,
Director for Medical and Dental Services of Mindanao Polytechnic College. Last
June I came up with a proposal to organize group of volunteers for my first aid
team, in which I adapted your CERT. We named our group (MPC-CERT) Mindanao
Polytechnic College-Campus Emergency Response Team. It was formally launched
last September 12, 2006 and it was covered by one of the television network here
in our city. Last July we had our training for First aid and basic life support,
and last August we had our Seminar on Disaster management/preparedness followed
by an earthquake drill on the next day, seminar on bomb threat and explosives
was also conducted that week. Our training for aquatics was last September 16,
23 and October 7, 2006. Before semestral break we were able to have our seminar
and training for LUSAR light urban search and rescue. We are still planning to
have more trainings for our volunteers, for them to be fully equipped with the
knowledge and skills needed for any life threatening emergencies.
Contact: Rosalie M. Badilles, RN
email:
saliern628@yahoo.com
TURKEY
B.U. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute,
Community Impact Project
GEORGIA
The program is being taught in West Georgia for Bashi and
Nigorzgva communities (Imereti Region) and also for Natanebi and Mamati
community members from Guria Region. First course of training was held in
Gudauri and the second Train the Trainer course was conducted in Bashi
village (one of the flooding risk prone areas), where participants from all
participating communities were brought to be trained.
The training participants have already organized and formed the CERTs in their
own communities and have conducted the course to the teams with appropriate
scenario simulations. SC continues working with those already existing teams
for further development and replication of the model to other vulnerable
communities.
CERT training participants also included representatives of the Georgian Red
Cross Society, Department of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense and local
non-governmental organizations, which are operational in those areas.
Save the Children, Georgia Field Office
Contact: Soso Bagashvili, Grants Officer/Emergency Preparedness and Disaster
Response Program Coordinator
ARAPAWA FIRE REGION, NEW ZEALAND
CERT is the Community Emergency Response Team - disaster
response training for citizens. CERT is about readiness, people helping people,
rescuer safety, and doing the greatest good for the greatest number.
HUTT CITY, NEW ZEALAND
Learn about effective emergency responses and lifesaving
techniques by attending a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) seminar.
CERT seminars are presented by the Emergency Management Office, New Zealand Fire
Service and New Zealand Police with the aim of "Creating A Prepared Community".
CERT has been designed around the premise that the only source of help in the
first few hours following a major emergency will be the immediate neighbourhood.
It focuses on the role of the individual who is not necessarily part of any
formal response organisation but nevertheless, is willing and prepared to act.
Seminars are free of charge, last approximately 2.5 hours and cover civil
defence, fire hazards, disaster medicine, search and rescue and neighbourhood
support. The material discussed is suitable for teenagers and all adults.
Community organisations, neighbourhood support groups and businesses are also
encouraged to enroll their members or arrange for a special presentation.
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
In 2000 the BVI Government's Department of Disaster Management introduced a
FEMA programme called "Community Emergency Response Team Training". This program
is designed to teach interested individuals and civil servants what they can do
to render initial and ongoing assistance in the event of an accident or in
response to a natural disaster. The original FEMA programme covered disaster
psychology, team building, fire suppression, first aid and land-based search
and rescue. In recognition of the unique environment of the BVI, VISAR (Virgin
Islands Search and Rescue) was asked to create and teach a new element dealing
with light marine search and rescue operations. In the period that the course
was run approximately 120 people benefited from the programme.
