Other CERT Applications

• If you consider your jurisdiction’s demographics, you will be able to identify several specific audiences that deserve attention. While the basic program would require some modification to fit these different audiences, development would be relatively easy to accomplish once you have trained instructors. Programs that might need consideration are:

• Where the Staff would be trained in CERT and assisted in the development of a Disaster Plan where needed.

  • Elder Care Facilities
  • Business Owners
  • Hotel/Motel Industry

• High-Rise Retirement Communities where the Staff and Residents could be trained.

  • Scout Troops could be trained, through a modified CERT program, to respond and assist the elderly in the event of an approaching Hurricane. Their primary goal would be to obtain food, supplies or medicines for the elderly that would otherwise have difficulty getting these items.
  • Schools, where teachers and staff are CERT trained and students are offered an Urban Survival form of training, similar to the Phoenix Plan.

• Employees and their Families could be CERT trained and educated on the part they may play in the jurisdiction’s Disaster Plan. Critical employees would understand the options open to them for the safety of their families when they must report to work due to a disaster.