A view of one of our most vital communication tools in shelter operations. The Shelter Client Intake App (SCIA) relates critical information to multiple disciplines and is essential for management of any shelter operation.
For the past 10 years I have volunteered with Red Cross Disaster services mostly in Sheltering, but also in Workforce and Casework. I have been a blood donor since 1977,
Logistics Panel: includes warehousing, transportation, and sourcing panel members. Scenario based training that will focus on the first 4–6 Hours of an operation for logistics volunteers
These panels provide the opportunity for you to tap into the experience of panelists of various gaps and learn more about how different GAPs function in a Disaster Response Operations and how they relate to one another. Each panel session will include a question-and-answer session and work through a disaster response operation scenario.
Picking up the trauma that our clients experience and its effect. Recognizing the symptoms and coping with the effects. How to maintain your mental health when you see too much.
This discussion outlines the roles of the two teams that exist only to support other Red Crossers: Disaster Workforce Engagement (steady state) and the DRO Workforce Team (operational, formerly known as Staff Services). You'll discover all of the services you receive from these teams (whether you know it or not) and see how the processes work for topics like deployment, promotion, and life on a DRO.
This course explains the roles, responsibilities, procedures, and systems required to support the D-EBV function on a Disaster Relief Operation. It is required in order to earn a WF/DEBV GAP. The course introduces the D-EBV Activity and covers what the team does during the Initiation, Stabilization, Sustainment, and Demobilization phases of a DRO. It also explains how to perform activities in the DRO Shift Tool for both people management and shift management, and how those decisions impact the D-EBV and local community volunteer experience.
EDGE credit will be granted to participants who complete this session.
