UPSTATE SC CHAPTER GREENVILLE CAMPUS

Please call Disaster Services at 271-8222 to register for classes.  Please register early.  Classes are canceled one week prior to the scheduled class date if the minimum enrollment is not met.

Course Descriptions

Ø  New Disaster Volunteer Orientation:  (3 hours) Provides new or potential disaster volunteers with an introduction to Red Cross Disaster Services, an overview of local disaster volunteer jobs including Disaster Action Teams, an explanation of the steps required to become an authorized disaster volunteer, and discussion of other local program activities (meetings, classes, etc.).  Includes online Introduction to Disaster Services, a tour of the building and chapter response supplies/equipment.  Required for all new volunteers. 

Ø  Fulfilling Our Mission:  Translating Your Compassion Into Community Action:  (3 hours) 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.  Required for all volunteers.

Ø  Standard First Aid with CPR/AED - Adult:  (6 hours) Train lay responders to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults.  Provides the lay responder with the knowledge and skills necessary in an emergency to help sustain life and to minimize pain and the consequences of injury or sudden illness until professional medical help arrives.  Required for all volunteers.

Ø  Logistics:  An Overview:  (4 hours) Provides participants with an overview of the Material Support Services group and the activities associated with it.  Prerequisite:  Fulfilling Our Mission.

Ø  Logistics Simulation:  (4 hours) Simulation designed to provide learners with the opportunity to practice using skills and knowledge from Logistics:  An Overview.  Prerequisite:  Logistics:  An Overview.

Ø  Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service Delivery:  (16 hours) Introduces what a liaison is and what a liaison does – how they collaborate with diverse internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective service delivery in a manner that yields community trust in, appreciation for, and goodwill toward the American Red Cross.  Prerequisite:  Fulfilling Our Mission.

Ø  Disaster Mental Health:  An Overview:  (3 hours) Introduces participants to ways Disaster Mental Health supports disaster relief workers and people affected by disasters.  This course is designed primarily for persons outside the mental health field who are involved in Red Cross disaster response and who wish to better understand and work more closely with DMH.

Ø  Emergency Operations Center (EOC) – Incident Command Liaison:  (8 hours) Prepares Red Cross employees and volunteers who will be assigned to government and emergency settings to work collaboratively with Red Cross partners, helping to ensure a coordinated response that results in effective service delivery.  Prerequisites:  Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service Delivery as well as sufficient operations knowledge and experience to provide a functional understanding of the concepts, principles and procedures associated with disaster assessment, sheltering, feeding, the provision of individual assistance and the basics of operations management needed to participate adequately in the discussions and activities contained in this course.

UPSTATE SC CHAPTER

DISASTER SERVICES MEETING SCHEDULE

Fourth Quarter, FY 2008

Disaster Volunteer Meetings

Meetings are held once each month (with the exceptions of June and December) for all disaster volunteers and potential new disaster volunteers.  Attendance at all meetings is not required; however, regular attendance is encouraged.  Meetings are held at the Chapter at 940 Grove Road, Greenville, 29605, in Room 211 (Board Room) unless otherwise posted. 

Disaster Committee Meetings

Disaster leadership volunteers who are members of the disaster committee meet once each month prior to the Disaster Volunteer Meeting.  Meetings are held at the Chapter in Room 109 (Ready Room) unless otherwise posted.