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Law and public safety. National Certification March 19, 2014. Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) – Year 1.
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Law and public safety National Certification March 19, 2014
Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) – Year 1 • Once they themselves are certified CERT trainers, Law and Public Safety instructors may contact Dave Nichols (or the current CERT representative) at the Mississippi Department of Homeland Security in order to receive the bags/training materials for the number of students to be tested. http://www.homelandsecurity.ms.gov/ • Instructors will deliver the CERT course content over the time allotted. • The CERT certification exam will be given in the same manner as other MS-CPAS2 tests and will take place during the national certification testing window. Test coordinators should follow the same testing procedures as MS-CPAS2. • Upon receipt of final (not initial) scores, instructors may contact Dave Nichols (or the current CERT representative) at the Mississippi Department of Homeland Security to request CERT certificates of completion for each student who passed (scored 60% or higher).
FEMA National Incident Management System (NIMS) – Year 2 • Visit http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.aspx • Have students complete each of the following courses: • 100.b - Introduction to Incident Command System • 100.LEb - Introduction to the Incident Command System for Law Enforcement • 200.b ICS - for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents • 700.a - An Introduction to National Incident Management System (NIMS) • 800.b - An Introduction to National Response Framework • Test Coordinators/Proctors collect all printed certifications and submit them to the District Test Coordinator for reporting.
Thank youQuestions? mscpas2@rcu.msstate.edu Toll-Free: 1-866-901-7433