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A self-help guide for CERT administrators to:

• Establish, train and operate an independent CERT in accordance with federal, state and local laws, direction and guidance using the latest tried and proven organizational and operational methods.

• Identify and interact with government Emergency Management, volunteer and other emergency response organizations.

• Mitigate and defend against liability of CERT Boards, Committees and Members.

• Communicate within your CERT and to the outside world in an emergency response environment.



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 • This website WILL NOT provide advice, direction or
guidance to CERT committees, managers or members.

• The use of any information derived from this website is at the sole discretion and at the risk of each individual CERT.

• The information provided herein is in the public domain and its use is without recourse of liability to this website or its author.


• This website WILL reference and provide access to
federal, state and local information in the public domain and its use is without recourse of liability to this website or its author.

• This includes guidance, directives, statutes and laws
from authoritative agencies and organizations applicable to starting, maintaining, training and operating a CERT.

• This website exemplifies the kinds of documentation used in successfully implementing the CERT associated with the author's community. This documentation is made available by the author in PDF form in the public domain for use as appropriate by a reader in defining their individual CERT organization and without recourse of liability to this website or its author.

• This sample documentation is not provided as guidance, direction or suggestion to any reader for use in the creation of their individual CERT. However access to this material in ".doc" format is available when requesting specific documentation and signing a non-liability statement. Again, this information is provided for use in the public domain and its use is without recourse of liability to this website or its author.




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