UC San Diego Emergency Management & Business Continuity

🎓🌞🎉🔱Happy Commencement Class of 2026!!! The calm before the crowds. It's going to be a warm one today Tritons .
Remember to hydrate and wear sun protection!

Pictured: RIMAC field with Commencement chairs and stage set up.

We are pleased to welcome the newest graduates to the UC San Diego Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) team! These individuals successfully completed the academy by attending a series of Saturday classes, which concluded on May 31, 2026.

This recent academy included 12 UC San Diego students—our largest student cohort to date, marking an exciting milestone for our program. Please look for updates and upcoming refresher opportunities in the future. If you would like to contact the Emergency Management Team, please email us at [email protected].
Pictured: CERT Group behind the training fire. Video: students putting out training fire with extinguisher.

🔱❤️Tritons join us for Hands‐Only CPR/AED day, June 3rd.
💕Learn how to respond to a sudden cardiac arrest using hands-only CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) from professional first responders. Get hands-on experience with our practice mannequins. This is a non-certified course; no card will be issued upon completion.

Each session is made up of three half-hour segments:

Hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
How to use an automated external defibrillator (AED)
Question and answer
Sign up CPR & AED Training via the UC Learning Center and reserve your slot.

University Center 409, Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Session 1: 10–11:30 a.m.
Session 2: 1–2:30 p.m.

For more information:
https://blink.ucsd.edu/safety/emergencies/preparedness/get-ready/training-day/index.html -and-aed-training

Pictured: 1) CPR training demonstration with manikin. 2) CPR hand position on manikin with AED pads.

Thanks to all of our Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) members who we’re able to join us for a refresher training and checking out our Emergency Containers for CERT and touring our Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We hope to have more refresher training opportunities soon so stay tuned or follow us.

Pictured: CERT members holding equipment at our CERT emergency containers.

🔱CERT Team we have scheduled our next CERT refresher class for May 18, 2026. The refresher will have two sessions, the first from 9:00 to 11:00 am and the second from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. The subject and material will be the same for each session, please sign up for the session that works best for you.
The refresher will consist of a tour of the new Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located in Suite 375A of Torrey Pines Center South, and an orientation on the CERT containers located around campus. This orientation will include walking to the emergency container across from Triton Track and familiarization with the equipment on the emergency container.
To sign up for the refresher please use this link https://go.ucsd.edu/2RmmlKG.
We are also updating our CERT roster and call-out list. If you no longer want to receive these notifications for CERT, please email us at [email protected] and we will remove you from the list.
Pictured: 1)Emergency Operations Center with staff during exercise 2) CERT Emergency Container

🔱Welcome Triton Transfers! Visit us at Sun God Lawn, we’re out here until noon.

Pictured: Staff meeting students and families at Sun God Lawn

🔱Happy Sun God!! Take care of each other Tritons!

Pictured: Sun God Festival 2026 RIMAC Field

Newly scheduled CERT Academy for students, staff, & faculty now available!! You can sign up via UC Learning Center, uclearning.ucsd.edu

The CERT academy is scheduled for 3 Saturdays to better compliment the work week and student schedules. up on Blink. Please see the dates and times below and let your friends and colleagues know if they want to sign up. Learn basic emergency response, light search and rescue skills, first aid, Hands-Only CPR/AED

Schedule posted on http://blink.ucsd.edu/certtraining





Pictured: Student mascot Fluffy with CERT helmet; Fluffy and CERT supplies backpack with EH&S and Emergency Management staff.

Thank you SO MUCH for having us participate in the 3rd Annual Employee Wellfest! We hope you had as much fun as we did, and we hope you were able to connect with a lot of our resources.
Reminder to have Go Bags ready in case of emergencies.

WHAT TO PACK IN A GO BAG
• Reusable water bottle and/or water filter straw
• Food: Lightweight, shelf-stable and nutritionally dense foods are best, including
freeze-dried fruits, energy bars, nuts, tuna pouches and beef jerky
• Medication (if needed)
• Basic First Aid Kit with bandages, gloves, a face mask, gauze, medical tape,
antibacterial cream, a cold pack
• Flashlight
• Sweater / Sweatshirt / Socks / Light blanket
• Cellphone charger
• AM / FM Radio
• Multi-tool
• Personal hygiene items
•Cash

Pictured: EH&S and Emergency Management staff handing out GoBags and providing information on EH&S resources and Emergency Management and Mission Continuity upcoming trainings.

BTS at MTS! Our Emergency Management team along with Emergency Management toured the facility for future exercises and planning.