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North Dakota. State University. CERT. Collegiate CERT. In partnership with North Dakota State University the North Dakota Division of Emergency Management and in collaboration with North Dakota League of Cities. Objective.

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CERT

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  1. North Dakota State University CERT

  2. Collegiate CERT In partnership with North Dakota State University the North Dakota Division of Emergency Management and in collaboration with North Dakota League of Cities

  3. Objective To serve and enrich North Dakota State University and the Fargo/Moorhead metropolitan area through community-based educational program with the purpose of increasing the community's ability to prepare for and cope with emergencies and disasters.

  4. Goal Utilize Emergency Management Program faculty and students within the university settings to increase awareness of personal safety, first aid, security, fire prevention .storm readiness and hazard mitigation

  5. Vision Have a campus-wide program in which each college, department, program and center has CERT personnel trained to prepare for and respond to an emergency or disaster.

  6. Students • Approximately 12,000 students • Faculty • Approximately 500 faculty • Support Personnel • Nearly 1,000 support personnel • Metropolitan Community • Nearly 140,000

  7. Colleges and Majors • North Dakota State University has eight colleges including; • Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences • Science and Math • Architecture and Engineering • Human Development and Education • Business Administration • Pharmacy • Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources • These colleges combined offer over • 100 different majors.

  8. Emergency Management Program Degrees offered: • Minor • Bachelors • Masters • Doctorate NDSU Emergency Management Student Association

  9. EmergencyManagementStudent Benefits • First hand knowledge of planning and exercising • Ability to acquire and share practical skills • Enhanced in-field abilities

  10. Emergency ManagementStudent Benefits • Integration of theoretical and practical • Enhanced job placement • Community participation

  11. Goals for Collegiate CERT • Train NDSU faculty and staff • Train approximately 12,000 NDSU students • Provide information and education to students, faculty and staff in all phases of emergencies and disasters • Help develop individual and family emergency planning

  12. Training for Collegiate CERT • Implement basic CERT curricula • Utilize additional curricula concentrations • Based on specific risks or hazards each major or college is vulnerable to.

  13. Training Goals for Collegiate CERT • Personal safety • Fire safety • Fire suppression • First aid and CPR • Lab safety • Animal/crop safety • Storm Readiness • Hazard Mitigation

  14. Emergency Management Student Opportunities • Research projects • CERT organizational development • Recruiting materials • Training programs • Exercise development and implementation

  15. University Benefits • Reduced vulnerability through • Specialists in relevant areas in all departments on the university campus • Increased awareness of safety and security concerns • Increased performance • Lower medical costs

  16. Community Benefits • Augment city and county resources for readiness and emergency operations • Aid in the development of further integrated Fargo/NDSU response teams • Integration of university activities with community

  17. State Benefits • Enhance state’s capability for readiness • Increase efficiency of North Dakota’s volunteer pool through training • Increase Citizen Corps participation throughout state, via social dissemination from current and former collegiate CERT members.

  18. Thank you for your kind attention. Arthur Oyola-Yemaiel, Ph.D. Emergency Management Program Director Arthur.Oyolayemaiel@nsdsu.nodak.edu Kent Theurer NDSU-EMSA President Emergency Management Graduate Student Kent.Theurer@ndsu.nodak.edu

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