• Which campus department (academic or otherwise) will administer and manage
the CERT program? Who will ultimately make decisions about the program and
provide direction and guidance?
• How will you fund the program? Will the college or university provide funding?
• Will you only make the training available on your campus (possibly through a forcredit course or as an extracurricular activity), or develop a CERT program with
teams and volunteers that can be activated during emergency and nonemergency events?
• Will you work with a local CERT program (in the surrounding county, for
example) for any part of your program? Would they be able to provide
instructors? Should you coordinate or align activation procedures with them? Is it
more efficient for your program to function as an extension of the existing local
CERT program, as opposed to a standalone program?
• Will the college or university’s insurance plan(s) cover CERT participants during
training and volunteer activities? Does your state have “Good Samaritan” laws?
Are students and participating faculty/staff covered differently by insurance
policies or the law? What steps will you take to mitigate risks and liability? At the
very least, all participants should sign waivers of liability.
• How will teams of volunteers align and integrate with the existing emergency
response capabilities on campus?
Explanation:
because that is what they are looking for
