CERT Resources
Web Links
Listed below is a list of the web links referenced throughout this online resource center. Click on a category to review the links.
CERT Program Websites
Local CERT Program Links
- Directory of Community Emergency Response Team Programs by State
- Los Angeles CERT Website
- Sample Training Schedule: Los Angeles
- Hernando County, Florida CERT Website
- Sample Training Schedule: Hernando County, FL
- City of Orlando CERT Website
- San Francisco NERT Website
Other Organizations
- Association of Volunteer Emergency Response Teams
- Charity Channel (A Website for Volunteer Managers)
- Citizen Corps Website
- Internal Revenue Service: Charities and Non-Profits
Recruitment, Communications, and Media Relations
- Recognizing Volunteers
- State and Local Government on the Net
- Tech Soup: Articles on Using Technology and Designing Websites for Nonprofits
- Writing Your Newsletter
CERT Training Resources
- Basic Incident Command Course, IS-195
- Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study Courses
- NFPA Hazard Signage Set (704 Diamond)
Legal Resources
- Protecting Yourself From Lawsuits
- Legal Institution Institute
- State Liability Laws for Charitable Organizations and Volunteers
- "Federal Law Protects Non-Profit Volunteers" Non-Profit Issues, December 1997
- Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet
- LawGuru.com
The Connection Articles
- "The Connection" Newsletter
- "Amateur Radio and the Seminole County CERT"
- "CERT in the Rural Community: The Melrose Model"
- "CERTS Working and Thinking Outside the Box"
- "CERTs...Bigger Than Disaster Response!"
- "Communication Systems Fail - CERT Members Succeed"
- "Continuing Education in Orlando"
- "First on the Scene with SCERT"
- "Fremont Fire Department CERT Program and the Hearing Impaired"
- "Keeping the CERT Graduates Involved"
- "NERT Training for Kids!"
- "S.E.R.T. School Emergency Response Training"
- "Seminole County C.E.R.T. Training at Winter Springs High School"
- "Some Thoughts on CERT Communications"
- "Training, Drills & Liability"
- "Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How Do You Begin?"