Collegiate CERTIn partnership with

North Dakota State University the North Dakota Division of Emergency Management and in collaboration with

North Dakota League of Cities

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.

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

VisionHave 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.

Students

• Approximately 12,000 students

Faculty

• Approximately 500 faculty

Support Personnel

• Nearly 1,000 support personnel

Metropolitan Community

• Nearly 140,000

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.

Emergency Management Program

Degrees offered:– Minor– Bachelors– Masters– Doctorate

NDSU Emergency Management Student Association

EmergencyManagementStudent Benefits

• First hand knowledge of planning and exercising

• Ability to acquire and share practical skills

• Enhanced in-field abilities

Emergency ManagementStudent Benefits

• Integration of theoretical and practical

• Enhanced job placement• Community participation

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 andfamily emergency planning

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.

Training Goals for Collegiate CERT

• Personal safety• Fire safety• Fire suppression• First aid and CPR• Lab safety• Animal/crop safety• Storm Readiness• Hazard Mitigation

• Research projects• CERT organizational development• Recruiting materials• Training programs• Exercise development and

implementation

Emergency Management Student Opportunities

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

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

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.

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