Disaster
Fulfilling
Our Mission: Translating Your
Compassion into Community Action
- a basic, entry level
instructor-led course, which
introduces potential disaster
volunteers and members of other
local agencies to the role of the
Red Cross in the community's actions
in preparing for, responding to and
recovering from emergencies and
disasters. The course will
enable individual volunteers to
translate their care and compassion
for their community into action and
provide information to other
community agencies on Red Cross work
and possible partnership in
preparing for and response to a
disaster.
Please read to learn more about this
course
Future classes to be announced
Client Casework:
Providing Emergency Assistance
- an instructor-led,
video-supported course designed to
train Red Cross caseworkers (for
national and local DAT response
teams) how to conduct effective
client interviews and provide
appropriate assistance to help meet
a client's immediate disaster-caused
or disaster-aggravated needs.
Please read to learn more about this
course
Future classes to be announced
ERV: Ready,
Set, GO - designed to
provide learners with the
opportunity to learn about and use
an Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV)
and all related equipment to provide
mobile feeding and other services in
disasters.
Please
read first to learn about
prerequisites
Future classes to be announced
Shelter
Operations and Shelter Simulation -
instructor-led course and simulation
designed for the learners to acquire
knowledge of Red Cross policies and
procedures for setting up, running
and closing a shelter during a
disaster.
Please read
first to learn about prerequisites
Shelter
Operations
Shelter Simulation
Disaster Health Services
- for licensed health care
professionals
Future classes to be announced
Psychological First Aid:
Helping Others in Times of Stress
Future classes
to be announced
DAT Simulation Workshop
Future classes to be announced
Disaster
Assessment
Future classes
to be announced
Logistics - Overview
and Simulation
Please read
first to learn about Prerequisites
Logistics - Overview
Logistics
Simulation
Future classes
to be announced
Foundations of
Disaster Mental Health
-
for licensed
professionals
Service to Armed
Forces
Service to Armed Forces Training
Service to the
Armed Forces carries out the
American Red Cross' commitment to
partner with the military and
military aid societies to provide
access to emergency communication
and financial assistance for service
members, retirees, and their
families. Join us and learn how to
be an American Red Cross SAF Caseworker.
Future classes
to be announced
Also note that
there are many, many classes
available through the Mile High
Chapter of the American Red Cross,
in Denver. If there are classes
that you would like to take that are
not being offered in the near future
through the Centennial Chapter,
please check their web site at:
http://www.denver-redcross.org
(click on the “classes” tab at the
top, then go to the “Disaster
Volunteer Training” box, or send
an email to
ResponseTraining@denver-redcross.org
to request their latest schedule.
