BASIC COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
DISASTER ASSESSMENT (ARC 3067-1)
Initially Disaster Assessment workers determine the impact
of the disaster on the community. Once public safety personnel have contained the
disaster, Red Cross survey teams go to work to assess the damage. By taking
this class, you will learn how to locate impact information, organize survey
teams, what to look for, and how to prepare survey reports. Prerequisite:
Introduction to Disaster Services
COMMUNITY SERVICES OVERVIEW (ARC 3068-6)
This course provides basic information about the
activities of the Community Services group, which includes sheltering, feeding,
bulk distribution and community programs. Participants will learn about
the skills and abilities needed by Community Services workers and how they can
get started at our chapter. Prerequisite: Introduction to Disaster Services
SHELTER OPERATIONS (ARC 3068-11)
This class provides information on opening, maintaining
and closing shelters, space management, equipment and supplies and problem
solving. Prerequisites: Introduction to Disaster Services; Community
Services Overview
SHELTER SIMULATIONS (ARC 3068-12)
The purpose of this training is to provide participants an
opportunity to practice the knowledge and skills needed to run a successful
shelter operation. Prerequisites: Introduction to Disaster Services;
Community Services Overview; Shelter Operations
LOGISTICS: AN OVERVIEW (ARC 3071-1)
Introduces participants to the management of material and
logistical resources on disaster operations at the chapter level.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Disaster Services
LOGISTICS SIMULATION (ARC 3071-2)
The purpose of this training is to provide participants an
opportunity to practice the knowledge and skills needed to run a successful
logistical operation in their local chapter. Prerequisites: Introduction
to Disaster Services; Logistics: An Overview
CLIENT CASEWORK: Providing Emergency Assistance
(DSCLS202A)
This class describes how a chapter assigned caseworker
meets the disaster caused emergency needs of families and individual. It
teaches interviewing skills, paperwork, Red Cross service policy and community
social service resources. Prerequisite: Introduction to Disaster Services
ERVs: READY, SET, ROLL (ARC 3068-4)
This workshop is designed to provide information on the
Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) in order to qualify volunteers as drivers and
crewmembers for each vehicle and teach proper Red Cross vehicle use.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Disaster Services; Community Services Overview;
current certification in First Aid/CPR, valid driver’s license
DISASTER HEALTH SERVICES: OVERVIEW (3076-1F)
The purpose of this training is to provide basic
information about the activities of the Disaster Health Services activity.
Participants will learn about what various knowledge, skills and abilities are
needed by Disaster Health Services staff. Prerequisite: Introduction to
Disaster Services
DISASTER HEALTH SERVICES SIMULATION (ARC 3076-2F)
The purpose of this course is to provide participants an
opportunity to practice the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to work in
the Disaster Health services on a relief operation. Prerequisite:
Introduction to Disaster Services, Disaster Health services Overview, current
licensure for working in DHS, and (recommended) Family Services: Providing
Emergency Assistance.
DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH: AN OVERVIEW (ARC 3077-2)
The purpose of this training is to help participants to understand
the roles, responsibilities and benefits of the Disaster Mental Health
activity. Participants will learn how Disaster Mental Health supports both the
relief operation and clients within the disaster affected community.
Prerequisite: there are no prerequisites for this course
DISASTER KITCHEN TRAINING (ARC 3068-30)
The purpose of this course is to prepare Red Cross and
partner agency staff to work at a kitchen site and prepare large numbers of
meals for those affected by a disaster. Activities at a kitchen site include:
preparing the food in the kitchen and working in the yard/supply area and
mobile feeding area, if needed. Prerequisite: • Introduction to Disaster
Services, Mass Care: An Overview
COLLABORATING TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY (ARC
3089-4)
This course prepares Red Cross employees and volunteers to
establish collaborative relationships that contribute to coordinated disaster
response and help ensure effective service delivery. The course will also
prepare participants to begin conducting liaison activities in the chapter.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Disaster Services.
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER/INCIDENT COMMAND LIAISON (ARC
3089-5)
The purpose of this course is to prepare Red Cross
volunteers and employees 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:
Introduction to Disaster Services, Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service
Delivery, operational experience
MASS CASUALTY DISASTER (ARC 3079 1F)
This course prepares employees and volunteers to provide
an effective initial response to a mass casualty disaster. Prerequisites:
Introduction to Disaster Services and operational experience
PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN DISASTER 1 (ARC 3080 1F)
The course purpose is to learn to implement, maintain, and
conclude public affairs in support of disaster operations. Prerequisites:
Introduction to Disaster Services.
SAFE FOOD HANDLING WORKSHOP
This course is to teach participants how to provide safe
food to disaster clients, emergency responders and Red Cross staff on disaster
relief operations. Prerequisites: Introduction to Disaster Services.
MASS CASUALTY DISASTERS (ARC 3079-1)
This course prepares employees and volunteers to provide
an effective initial response to a mass casualty disaster. Prerequisites:
Introduction to Disaster Services and operational experience
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION/TERRORISM: AN OVERVIEW ARC
3079 2F
The purpose of this course is to provide basic information
about the issues and safety concerns in performing our work in an environment
involving a Weapons of Mass Destruction and/or Terrorism (WMD/T) incident.
Participants will learn about the skills, abilities, and knowledge needed by
disaster workers performing duties in this environment. Prerequisites:
Introduction to Disaster Services
MANAGING TOTAL DIVERSITY
This course is part of the family of courses that make up
the Diversity Curriculum for the Red Cross in its commitment to Total
Diversity. This course shifts from just teaching awareness of cultural norms to
a competency focused approach that helps managers and supervisors become full
participants in Red Cross effort to achieve diversity in people, programs and
services. Prerequisites: there are no prerequisites
WORKING WITH TOTAL DIVERSITY
This course is a skills-based training that provides tools
for creating inclusive relationships with colleagues and clients. It focuses on
the conversational skills participants will need to be effective in working and
serving in diverse communities. Prerequisites: there are no prerequisites
PUBLIC SPEAKING WORKSHOP COURSE (ARC 5014-F)
The workshop is designed to (1) increase participants’ ability
to be effective public speakers on behalf of the Red Cross, (2) develop
participants’ knowledge of the core concepts of public speaking, and (3)
introduce participants to techniques for developing public speaking ability:
The workshop covers how to plan and deliver presentations and key factors that
affect overall public speaking performance. Participant exercises are a
significant part of the workshop. Prerequisites: there are no prerequisites
FUNDAMENTALS OF FACILITATION AND INSTRUCTION (ARC 3090-1F)
The purpose of this self study course is to provide basic
information about the skills, abilities, and knowledge needed to become a Basic
and Intermediate instructor and facilitator for the American Red Cross Disaster
Services Training System. Participants will learn how to represent the Red
Cross, functions and methods used by effective instructors and how to prepare
for, conduct, and evaluate Disaster Services training courses and simulations.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Disaster Services, three other Basic Disaster
Training Courses
INTERMEDIATE COURSES
(The following courses require a 5898H Application)
FOUNDATIONS OF DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH (ARC 3077-4)
The purpose of this basic level Disaster Services training
is to prepare licensed mental health professionals to provide for and respond
to the psychological needs of people across the continuum of disaster
preparedness, response and recovery. Participants will be licensed mental
health professionals who are considering becoming involved in Red Cross
disaster mental health (DMH) preparedness, response and recovery activities at
their local Chapter. Prerequisites: Introduction to Disaster Services
MASS CARE II
The purpose of this course is to prepare Red Cross paid
and volunteer staffs 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. Prerequisites: Mass Care: An Overview,
Shelter Operations, Supervision in Disaster, Experience equivalent
to a supervisor in the Mass Care function on a disaster relief operation.
DISASTER KITCHEN SUPERVISION (ARC 3068-5)
The purpose of this intermediate level Disaster Services
course is to provide the volunteers and employees of the Red Cross and other
partner agencies with the knowledge, skills and abilities required to supervise
the staff and tasks conducted at a disaster relief operation kitchen.
Participants must be able to lift 50 pounds. Participants should also Be ranked
as Supervisor or higher in the Community Services Group and have one or more
experiences at a kitchen site (working with the Kitchen Supervisor, Yard
Supervisor or Mobile Feeding Supervisor) OR have worked at a large food service
or hospitality site (e.g. school cafeteria, restaurant, caterer, etc.) and have
knowledge of how the Red Cross provides service to a disaster affected
community.
Prerequisites: Mass Care: An Overview, ERV, Ready, Set,
Roll, Shelter Operations, Logistics: An Overview, Logistics Simulation,
Disaster Kitchen Training
PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN DISASTER II (ARC 3080-2F)
The purpose of this course is to examine the scope and
responsibilities of the Public Affairs function, in order to provide a
framework in which to apply your public affairs knowledge, skills, and
experience on a large disaster relief operation. Prerequisites: Public Affairs
in Disaster I, experience as paid or volunteer public affairs professional and
experience in the Public Affairs function on a disaster within or beyond the
local unit, familiarity with Foundations of Disaster Services Program,
familiarity with Public Affairs (ARC 3038)
ADVANCED COURSES
(The following courses require a 5898H Application)
FAMILY SERVICE SUPERVISION 1 (ARC 3072-3F)
The purpose of this course is to prepare 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. Prerequisites: Introduction to Disaster Services, Family
Services: Providing Emergency Assistance
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHAPTER DISASTER OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(ARC 3081-30)
This training is to prepare Red Cross employees and
leadership volunteers to manage a small disaster relief operation, which is
Chapter managed and at least partially funded by the national Disaster Relief
Fund. Prerequisites: Introduction to Disaster Services, Family Services:
Providing Emergency Assistance, Community services Overview, Disaster Assessment,
Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service Delivery, familiarity with Client
Assistance Card operations
SERVICE DELIVERY SITE MANAGEMENT (ARC 3081-40F)
This course is to prepare Red Cross volunteers and
employees to establish, operate, monitor and close a service delivery site, to
meet the needs of disaster clients in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Prerequisites: Introduction to Disaster Services, Supervision in Disaster,
Fundamentals of Chapter Disaster Operations Management, ranked and served as a
supervisor in any group activity in a service delivery site on at least one
multi-chapter relief operation
SUPERVISION IN DISASTER (ARC 3086 F)
The purpose of this course is to prepare participants to
function effectively as Disaster services supervisors. Prerequisites:
Introduction to Disaster Services, the basic course for which the participant
expects to become a supervisor, experience as a worker in that function
DISASTER INSTRUCTOR SPECIALITY TRAINING (ARC 3090 F)
The purpose of this course is to prepare instructors of
Basic and Intermediate Disaster Training Courses for effective teaching,
thereby ensuring uniform and quality disaster training consistent with Red
Cross policies and the regulations and procedures of Disaster Services. Prerequisites:
Introduction to Disaster Services, three other Basic Disaster Training Courses,
Fundamentals of Instruction and Facilitation