Community Emergency Response Team Set-Up Checklist

Our editable CERT checklist will help you:

• Identify program goals
• Conduct a hazard analysis of your community
• Identify needed resource
• Engage elected officials
• Register your CERT with FEMA
• Understand your administration’s liability
• Engage local emergency responders
• Promote your CERT and recruit volunteers
• Reach out to Millennials and Gen Z
• Create a training schedule
• Ensure you are meeting ADA compliance
• Schedule practice drills
• Overcome roadblocks
• Recognize and celebrate progress
• Create a supplemental workplace CERT
• Maintain engagement
• Reevaluate annual goals