American Red Cross - Southeast Minnesota Chapter

American Red Cross - Southeast Minnesota Chapter

 
Disaster Training
1st Step... Take "Introduction to Disaster" - Offered On-line Print E-mail
This course provides basic information about disasters and its effect, outlines the role of agencies in disaster relief, and introduces American Red Cross Disaster Services to the public. This is a prerequisite to take any class listed below if you would like to become a disaster volunteer.
Offered online: http://www2.redcross.org/flash/course01_v01
 
Client Casework: Providing Emergency Assistance Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Learn how a chapter assigned caseworker meets disaster caused emergency needs of families and individuals. Teaches interviewing skills, Red Cross service policy and community social service resources. Includes the new client assistance card process.
 
Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service Delivery Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster
  2. Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command Liaison

 

Prepares Red Cross employees and volunteers to establish collaborative relationships that contribute to coordinated disaster response and help to ensure effective service delivery.
 
Community Disaster Education Instructor Specialty Print E-mail

Level: Advanced

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster
  2. Fundamentals of Instruction and Facilitation
 
Community Services Overview and Shelter Operations Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Prepares Red Cross workers and other agencies’ staff to effectively and sensitively manage shelter operations as a team, meeting the needs of those displaced by a disaster.
 
Defensive Driving Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

This course is required for driving the ERV (Emergency Response Vehicle)
 
Disaster Assessment Workshop Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Provides an overview of the new and revised concepts, procedures, tools and resources contained in the disaster assessment document.
 
Disaster Health Services Simulation Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster
  2. Disaster Health Services: An Overview

 

Provides participants an opportunity to practice the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to work in the DHS function on a disaster relief operation. This class completes basic disaster services preparation to work in DHS on local and national relief operations.
 
Disaster Health Services: An Overview Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Provides basic information about the activities of the DHS function of the Red Cross. Participants learn more about what various knowledge, skills, and abilities are needed by DHS staff as well as how they can get involved in their local chapter.
 
Disaster Kitchen Training Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Prepares Red Cross and partner agency staff to work at a kitchen site and prepare large numbers of meals for those affected by a disaster.
 
Disaster Mental Health Services Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Prepares participants to use their professional skills to provide the specific activities and interventions necessary to meet the disaster related mental health needs of the Red Cross workers, their families, people affected by disaster and communities.
 
Disaster Mental Health: An Overview (for non-mental health volunteers) Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Helps participants understand the roles, responsibilities and benefits of the DMH activity within individual client services. Participants will learn how DMH supports both the disaster relief operation workers and clients within the disaster affected community.
 
Disaster Welfare Information: Connecting Your Community/Simulation Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Prepares participants to handle DWI in their local chapters. Learn how to provide effective service, transmit an inquiry to the DWI function on a disaster relief operation, and conduct follow-up to ensure that the inquirer's needs are met.
 
Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command Liaison Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Learn about liaison functions with the EOC. Prerequisite of Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service Delivery.

 
 
Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV): Ready, Set, Roll Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster
  2. Valid Drivers License
  3. Copy of Driving Record
  4. Defensive Driving

 

Prepares workers to safely and effectively use an ERV and its equipment to meet feeding and other service needs of the people affected by a disaster.

The ERV class consists of a classroom session and a road test.
This Minnesota Safety Council class on defensive driving focuses on preventing collisions and discusses alternative actions for the driver in a classroom discussion.
 
Family Service Supervision Print E-mail

Level: Advanced

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster
  2. Client Casework: Providing Emergency Assistance
  3. Supervision in Disaster

 

Prepares assistant casework supervisors to work directly and effectively with interviewers to provide efficient and consistent emergency disaster assistance to families. The course deals with supervisory knowledge and skills and the process of helping interviewers.
 
Financial and Statistical Information Management Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Prepares Red Cross workers with the tools needed to obtain accurate, timely and consistent statistical information regarding service delivery, human and material resources and financial commitments during a disaster relief operation.

 
 
Foundations of Disaster Mental Health Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 
 
Fundamentals of Chapter Disaster Operations Management Print E-mail

Level: Advanced

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Prepares Red Cross employees and leadership workers to manage a small disaster relief operation, which is chapter managed and accounted and at least partially funded by the Disaster Relief Fund.
 
Fundamentals of Instruction and Facilitation Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster
 
Human Resources in Disaster Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Provides basic information about the activities and processes of the local disaster workers, staffing, and training functions in support of a Red Cross disaster relief operation. Learn how to deliver and support sufficient and effective human resources on a disaster relief operation.
 
Logistics During a Weapons of Mass Destruction/Terrorism Incident Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Provide Red Cross employees and workers the knowledge, skills and abilities that enable them to prepare for and support Red Cross services during a weapon of mass destruction/terrorism incident within the chapter's jurisdiction.
 
Logistics: An Overview/Simulation Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Provides basic information about the activities and processes of the logistics function in support of a Red Cross disaster relief operation. Participants will learn about the skills, abilities, and knowledge needed by logistics workers and how they can get started in their local chapter.
 
Mass Care ll Print E-mail

Level: Intermediate

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster
  2. Mass Care Overview

Prepares Red Cross paid and volunteer staff to establish, operate, and phase out mass care services on a state or major disaster relief operation so that victims' needs are met in a timely and cost-effective manner.
 
Mass Care Overview Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Provides basic information about the activities of the mass care function. Participants will learn about the skill and abilities needed by mass care workers.
 
Mass Casualty Disaster/Tabletop Discussion Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Prepares Red Cross workers to provide a more effective initial response to a mass casualty disaster.
 
Psychological First Aid Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 
 
Public Affairs in Disaster l Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Assists Red Cross employees and workers in working with the PA function on a local disaster relief operation and to initiate the PA function on a state or major disaster relief operation.
 
Public Affairs ll Print E-mail

Level: Intermediate

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster
  2. Public Affairs in Disaster l

 

Examine the scope and responsibilities of the PA function, in order to provide a framework in which to apply your PA knowledge, skills, and experience on a large disaster relief operation.
 
Service Delivery Site Management Print E-mail

Level: Advanced

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Prepares Red Cross employees and workers to establish, operate, monitor and close a service delivery site, to meet the needs of disaster clients in a timely and cost-effective manner.
 
Shelter Operations and Simulation Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Prepares employees and workers of the Red Cross and other agencies to effectively and sensitively manage shelter operations as a team while meeting the needs of people displaced as a result of a disaster. Provides participants with an opportunity to apply the knowledge, skills and abilities required to operate a successful shelter.
 
Staffing ll Print E-mail

Level: Intermediate

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Prepares participants to work in the staffing function on a large disaster relief operation and to orient them to the customer service philosophy of this internal support function.
 
Standard First and Adult CPR (Disaster Volunteers only) Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Provides preparation for emergencies of all kinds. Teaches rescue breathing, first aid for choking and CPR. CPR certification is good for one year and First Aid is good for three years. All disaster volunteers are asked to keep their certification current.
 
Supervision in Disaster Print E-mail

Level: Advanced

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 
 
Weapons of Mass Destruction/Terrorism: An Overview Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Learn basic information about the issues and safety concerns in performing Red Cross work in an environment involving a Weapons of Mass Destruction/Terrorism (WMD/T) incident. Participants will learn about the skills, abilities, and knowledge needed by disaster workers performing duties in this environment.
 
Working with Total Diversity Print E-mail

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  1. Introduction to Disaster

 

Training focuses on the relationship of customer service to the changing populations, and how prejudices and stereotypes develop and affect service. Recommended for all disaster services employees and workers.
 

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