Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) Academy

Be prepared to help yourself and others in a crisis: Join UC San Diego's Campus Emergency Response Team. Membership is open to students, faculty, and staff.

• To be eligible for the UCSD Campus Emergency Response Team, you must first complete CERT training. This is a 3 day training and attendees must be able to attend all 3 Saturday sessions. 

CERT training equips members with emergency-response skills. During a crisis, trained CERT members can give immediate assistance to victims, organize volunteers at a disaster site, and provide critical support to first responders.

CERT members also participate in non-emergency projects that improve the safety of the campus community, including role-playing in campus emergency preparedness exercises and becoming familiar with campus emergency resources.