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equirements of the installation EM plan. The Army has standardized community preparedness training through the
Ready Army Campaign (http://www.ready.army.mil).
e. Training content. Community preparedness training will include, at a minimum, policy and procedures encouraging,
promoting, and describing the steps necessary to (1) develop and maintain an emergency kit, (2) develop and
maintain a personal or family emergency plan, and (3) stay informed on emergency conditions through installation and
civilian EPI sources, to include mass warning and notification systems. Installation commanders shall utilize the Ready
Army material provided by DAMO–ODP and tailor such information as necessary to local conditions and language
requirements.
f. Training methods. Community preparedness training should be provided by a variety of printed, visual, radio,
television (TV), and Web-based media. At a minimum, training must include at least 3 of the following: (1) physical
distribution of community preparedness brochures and/or handouts, (2) radio and/or TV broadcast of community
preparedness information, (3) written articles or advertisements in installation periodicals, such as a base newspaper,
(4) links to community preparedness information available on the installation’s Web site, and/or (5) community “town
hall” meetings which include community preparedness information. Training methods and frequency shall be documented
by the responsible organization and provided to the installation EMWG on no less than a quarterly basis.
Production costs are borne by the installation and should be identified to the applicable installation-owning command
for future resourcing through the POM process. Records of community preparedness training will be maintained by the
installation EM for a period of not less than 3 years.
g. Translation requirements. DAMO–ODP will ensure that a selection of Ready Army materials are translated for
non-English-speaking Category 1–5 personnel as well as visually impaired personnel. Minimum requirements are
translation into Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic, and Korean languages plus Braille and large print editions for the
visually impaired. Installations requiring additional language translations shall identify communities during the community
profile process and submit request for foreign language materials, including approximate number of personnel to
receive the materials and an estimated turnover rate in order to estimate total requirement, to their installation-owning
command. The installation-owning command is responsible for consolidating requests whenever possible and forwarding
them to DAMO–ODP.
7–4. Community Emergency Response Team
a. Community Emergency Response Team. CERT is a voluntary option for EM programs to facilitate and coordinate
a higher level of community preparedness. The CERT Program is managed by FEMA and available to EM programs at
no financial cost. CERT educates people about EM procedures for hazards that may impact their area and trains them
in basic emergency response skills, such as team organization, fire safety, light search and rescue, and provision of
basic emergency medicine. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist
others in their neighborhood or workplace during an emergency when responders may not be immediately available to
help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in EM
projects in their community. See http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert for additional information.
b. School Emergency Response Team. A variant of the CERT concept is the School Emergency Response Team
(SERT) model utilized by schools and universities to organize students for emergencies. SERT is another voluntary
option for EM programs to facilitate and coordinate a higher level of community preparedness. The SERT concept
builds off of training and materials available from FEMA at no financial cost to the EM program.
c. Budget and/or resource issues. CERT and/or SERT training materials recommend the issue of individual equipment
sets to volunteer personnel for the purposes of personal safety and standardization, as well as, an incentive for
participation. If the installation chooses to provide equipment to volunteers, then the installation is responsible for
identifying the costs associated with such efforts, resourcing such procurement and distribution of equipment, and
maintaining proper accountability of issued equipment. The same rules apply for associated production costs (printing
and facility use). Installations may identify costs associated with CERT and SERT programs via their applicable
installation-owning command to DAMO–ODP for future resource requests through the POM process.
7–5. Interoperability
EM programs should be consistent with the EM capabilities in local civil jurisdictions in order to ensure an effective
and efficient response and recovery from a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional emergency. The interoperability requirements
of equipment, communication systems, and other EM capabilities can be identified and improved through
interagency collaboration, coordination, and participation in all aspects of EM. Interoperability starts with use of
common terminology and context for EM as provided for in NIMS. Interoperability includes both the technical
exchange of information and the end-to-end operational effectiveness of that exchange of information as required for
mission accomplishment. EM interoperability is more than just information exchange as it includes systems, processes,
procedures, organizations, and missions over the life cycle and must be balanced with information assurance. See
chapter 11 for additional information on information management interoperability and chapter 14 for additional
information on equipment interoperability.
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