CERT Situational Awareness Checklist
Support local CERT situational awareness safely within assignment boundaries and incident-command direction.
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Quick summary
CERT role boundary
Personal/family safety first; follow local program direction; do not self-deploy outside assignment.
Checklist / workflow
1. Before activation
- Personal/family safety
- Team notification method
- PPE/radio/phone
- Assignment and reporting channel
2. During monitoring
- Official instructions
- Hazard changes
- Access/egress
- Smoke/AQI
- Power/internet
- Team accountability
Use the live dashboard as a public-signal scan, then verify any action item through official agency systems.
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Use this page to understand CERT Situational Awareness Checklist. Use the live dashboard to see current alerts, infrastructure stress, weather, wildfire, travel, public-health, supply-chain, and stability indicators in one place. Focus on Alerts, Weather, Wildfire/AQI, Power, Travel in the live view.
Practical checklist
Team safety checks
- Buddy system
- Comms schedule
- Heat/cold/smoke hydration plan
- Stop-work triggers
Dashboard signals to compare
- Alerts
- Weather
- Wildfire/AQI
- Power
- Travel
- Public health
Official sources to verify
Common mistakes to avoid
- Self-deploying outside instructions
- Speculating on causes/blame
- Sharing private personal info
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HazardNow is supplemental public situational awareness. It should not replace official emergency-management systems, dispatch channels, incident command instructions, or local public alerts.
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