Disaster Trainings
Interested in becoming a Red Cross disaster responder?
These 5 core curriculum classes must be completed to provide you with the skills you need to effectively respond to natural and man-made disasters that occur in our area. These are offered over a 7 week period with one session each week.
• Fulfilling Our Mission: Translating Your Compassion into Community Action – Introduces potential disaster volunteers to the role of the Red Cross in the community’s actions in preparing for, responding to and recovering from emergencies and disasters.
DATE: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
• Mass Care: An Overview – Provides an overview of the activities performed by the Mass Care group on a disaster relief operation. These include Sheltering, Feeding, Bulk Distribution, and Community Programs.
DATE: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 5:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
• Disaster Assessment Basics – Introduces the critical role of disaster assessment, explore related preparedness tasks, learn how to collect and communicate disaster assessment information & become familiar with how disaster assessment information supports management and service delivery decisions.
DATE: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
• Shelter Operations/Simulation – Provides participants with knowledge of Red Cross policies and procedures for setting up, running and closing a shelter during a disaster. Simulation offers an exercise in completing this task.
DATE: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and
Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
• Client Casework: Providing Emergency Assistance – Trains Red Cross caseworkers how to conduct effective client interviews and provide appropriate assistance to help meet the client’s immediate disaster caused needs.
DATE: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and
October 19, 2010, 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The disaster training classes below are available to volunteers who have completed the 5 core curriculum classes.
If you are interesting in becoming a Disaster Volunteer, please contact Eileen Ryan, Director of Volunteer Servies at (309) 743-2166 ext: 4003 or ryane@usa.redcross.org
For more information about these classes, or to sign up for a class, please call Gary at 309-743-2166 ext. 4023 or email shiversg@usa.redcross.org.