American Red Cross

This course is designed to provide participants with an opportunity to apply the knowledge, skills and abilities required to operate a successful shelter.

The course prepares employees and volunteers of the Red Cross and other agencies to manage shelter operations effectively and sensitively as a team while meeting the needs of people displaced as a result of a disaster.

This course provides a framework for understanding the factors that affect stress responses in disaster relief workers and the clients they serve.

The course provides an overview of the activities performed by the Mass Care group in support of a disaster relief operation.

This course provides basic information about the processes of Material Support Services activities in support of an American Red Cross disaster relief operation.

This workshop covers the background, impact, and effects of earthquakes. It provides information on individual and family earthquake preparedness including what to do before, during, and after an earthquake occurs.

This is to prepare new Disaster Services Human Resource (DSHR) members for their first disaster assignment. What do you pack? Who do you call? What do you take? What equipment do you need? How do you make travel arrangements?

The purpose of this basic level Disaster Services course is to introduce the critical role of Disaster Assessment at a chapter-level response.

This course is designed to train Red Cross caseworkers how to conduct effective client interviews and provide appropriate assistance to help meet a client’s immediate disaster-caused or disaster-aggravated needs.

This course 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.