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Goal: The Greatest Good For The Greatest Number Of People

CERT Incident Commander/Team Leader Directs Activities Of Four Sections:

Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Administration.

Underneath the Operations Section are Three Response Teams: Fire Suppression, Search and Rescue, Medical.

Underneath the Planning Section: Documentation and Incident Status.

(1st) ASK FOR A VOLUNTEER TO SCRIBE

(2nd) Assemble 2 volunteers SIZE UP / HOT LAP

(3rd) SIZE-UP

“WARNING” Avoid Electrical Hazards/Water

1) Gather facts.

2) asses and communicate the damage.

3) Consider probabilities.

4) Assess your own situation.

5) Establish priorities.

6) Make decisions.

7) Develop a plan of action.

8) Take action.

9) Evaluate progress. (ON GOING)

(4th) Establish Logistics Team

Locate Resource Tools to Aid Teams

FIRE AND UTILITY HAZARDS

GAS – WATER - ELECTRIC SHUTOFF

ELECTRICAL HAZARDS / TAPE OFF HAZARD AREA

FIRE SIZE-UP

Type of Fire:

Resources – Extinguishers / Hose Line – 2 Person Crew

(COMMANDS: Ready, Going In, Backing Out)

Hazard Diamond Sign 

The red quadrant describes the material’s flammability.

The blue quadrant indicates health hazard.

The yellow quadrant indicates reactivity.

The white quadrant indicates special precautions. “PPE”

TRIAGE / SEARCH AND RESCUE (Treat for Airway 

(5) Obstruction, Excessive Bleeding, and Shock

Upon entering a search area make a mark ( \ ) 

Make a single slash, write the agency or group ID at the “9 o’clock” position. Then write the date and “time in” at the “12 o’clock” position.

 TIME & DATE

 TEAM ID \

“WARNING” Avoid Electrical Hazards Wire/Water

BEFORE ENTERING SEARCH AREA ANNOUNCE

“If You Can Walk, Come To The Sound Of My Voice”

Step 1: Stop, Look, Listen, and Think

Step 2: Conduct voice triage

Step 3: Start where you stand, and follow a systematic route

Step 4: Evaluate each victim and tag them

Step 5: Treat I victims immediately (AIRWAY, BLEEDING, SHOCK)

Step 6: Document triage results

Evacuate-assist Immediate Victims 1st, report results to Lead and 

continue in SAR mode.

Work in pairs. CERT members should always use the proper safety equipment required for the situation and follow established procedures, including:

• Triage and treat only in lightly damaged buildings. 

• In moderately damaged buildings, triage only and remove 

victims as quickly as possible.

START

STart = Simple Triage: The first phase by which victims are sorted based on injury and priority of treatment

stART = And Rapid Treatment: The second phase of START consists of rapid treatment of the injuries assessed and prioritized in the first phase.

Immediate (I) RED

Delayed (D) YELLOW

Minor (M) GREEN

Dead (DEAD) BLACK

(32-Can-Do)

(EXITING INTERIOR SEARCH AREA FINISH DOOR Mark (X)

Left Quadrant: Team Identifier

Top Quadrant: Date And Time Out 

Right Quadrant: Enter areas of the structure searched and any specific information about hazards

Lower Quadrant: Enter information about the victims found in the search area. “L” represents living victims, while “D” represents dead victims

FEB 14 2015

0800 HR

TEAM 1-12 X HAZARDS

 # 2 LIVE

 # DEAD/still inside 

The search marking on the front of a structure or building should contain the total number of victims, whereas search markings inside the structure or building will include victim totals for specific search areas. Also indicate where victims have been taken.

(Exterior Search: Include Grid, Line, Quadrant or Zone, and 

Spiral Methods)

LEVERAGING AND CRIBBING

Group Leader: In front of collapse, positioned so that he or she can view the entire operation while remaining out of the rescuers’ way Lever Person: At the front edge of the collapsed wall and positioned so that he or she can position a fulcrum and lever under the wall Crib Persons: On either side of the collapsed wall and positioned to enable the placement of cribbing as the wall is raised with the lever Medical Care/Victim Removal Person: Next to the Crib Person who is closest to the victim’s head.

“Lift One Inch; Crib One Inch” 

Set Up Box Cribbing

Commands: READY, LIFT, HOLD, STICK IT, LOWER, RE-POSITION,

ESTABLISHING MEDICAL TREATMENT AREAS 

(6) MORGUE OUT OF SITE

CONDUCTING HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENTS

- Monitoring- CONTINOUS PROCESS OF EVALUATION-
Airway Obstruction - Keep Open Airway

Excessive Bleeding - Control Bleeding

Signs of Shock – Blanket - Elevate Legs

(7) Final Operations

1) Start Transporting victims

2) Confirm All Activities are Complete/Staff Accounted For

3) Assemble All Responders for Debrief. 

LESS THAN < 

GREATER THAN >

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) 
Augusta Fire Department/Emergency Management Division (READ THE BLAZE HERE)
911 4th Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901 - 706-821-1156 Office.

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