Louisville Area Chapter – Disaster Services
Training Schedule: June 2005 – December 2005
GENERAL INFORMATION
If a particular course you are interested in is not listed, then it is not being offered during the time frame stated above. Do
not let this deter you from trying to obtain the training you want or need. Please call us and let us know which course you
desire. We use your comments to schedule courses locally, or at our annual Kentucky Training Institute. Introduction to
Disaster (ARC 3066) is required before taking additional courses. ALL DISASTER COURSES ARE FREE
CARDIO PULMINARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) / FIRST AID (FA)
Contact Red Cross Health Services @ 561-3605 for course schedule. NOTE: There is no fee charges for first
time Louisville Area Chapter disaster volunteer enrollees. Be sure to mention this when registering. Recertification is also free for Disaster volunteers.
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
All Red Cross Volunteers and Staff must have completed Defensive Driving before driving a Red Cross Vehicle.
Courses are available on an as needed basis. If you are in need of a course, please contact us.
WHAT TO DO:
 Select the course you want and invite a friend to come along.
 Call the correct office to register.
 SIGN UP TO TEACH A COURSE (IF ELIGIBLE).
 Recruit a new volunteer to join the fun.
August 2005
22nd
24th
26th
30th
September 2005
1st
7th & 8th
13th
14th
17th
19th & 20th
21st
26th
28th
October 2005
3rd & 4th
5th
11th
12th
18th
22nd
24th
25th
31st – Nov 6th
November 2005
Oct 31st – 6th
15th
17th
22nd
December 2005
1st
5th
7th
Disaster Services Orientation
Disaster Services Orientation
Family Services
Disaster Services Orientation
6:00 – 9:00
3:00 – 5:00
8:30 – 4:30
11:00 – 1:00
JC
JC
JC
JC
Public Affairs I
Family Services
Mass Care: An Overview
Disaster Services Orientation
Logistics: Overview & Simulation
Collaborating to Ensure Effective SD
Disaster Services Orientation
Disaster Services Orientation
Emerg Operations / Incident Command
5:30 – 8:30
5:30 – 9:30
5:30 – 8:30
11:00 – 1:00
8:30 – 4:30
8:30 – 4:40
1:30 – 3:30
5:30 – 7:30
8:30 – 4:30
JC
JC
JC
JC
JC
JC
JC
JC
JC
Shelter Operations / Simulation
ERV: Ready, Set, Roll
Family Services
Disaster Services Orientation
Mass Care: An Overview
Mass Casualty Disasters
Disaster Services Orientation
Disaster Services Orientation
Preparedness Training Institute
5:30 – 8:30
8:30 – 12:00
8:30 – 4:30
11:00 – 1:00
8:30 – 11:30
8:30 – 4:30
5:30 – 7:30
3:00 – 5:00
TBA
JC
JC
JC
JC
JC
JC
JC
JC
Preparedness Training Institute
Mass Casualty Disasters
WMD Overview
Logistics during a WMD/Terrorism
TBA
8:30 – 4:30
5:30 – 9:00
5:30 – 8:30
JC
JC
JC
Human Resources in Disaster
Mass Care: An Overview
Shelter Operations / Simulations
5:30 – 8:3 0
8:30 – 11:30
8:30 – 4:30
JC
JC
JC
Location / Service Centers
JC
Jefferson – HQ
BL
Bullitt/Spencer SC
BT
Buffalo Trace SC
HL
Hardin/LaRue SC
FK
Fort Knox SC
OC
Oldham SC
SC
Shelby SC
SW
Southwest SC
502-561-3642
502-955-6259
812-951-2288
270-765-4979
502-624-2163
502-222-0308
502-633-2486
502-935-0310
510 E Chestnut St, Louisville, KY 40201
214 E Frank Simon Ave, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
1099 Marci Lane, Georgetown, IN
405 West Dixie Highway, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
1131 Fifth Ave, Ft Knox, KY 42701
1215 North Highway 393, Buckner, KY 40010
98 Seventh Street, Shelbyville, KY 40065
10936 Dixie Highway, Louisville, KY 40272
Louisville Area Chapter
Disaster Services
Basic Level Courses
Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service Delivery
A3089-4 16HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
The purpose of this course is to prepare Red Cross employees and
volunteers to establish collaborative relationships that contribute to
coordinated disaster response and help to ensure effective service delivery.
This course will also prepare participants to begin conducting liaison
activities in a chapter and establish a foundation upon which they can build
toward a career as a liaison in the Disaster Services Human Resources
(DSHR) System.
Disaster Assessment Workshop
ITS
2.5HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
The purpose of this interim training is to provide an overview of the new and
revised concepts, procedures, tools and resources contained in the recently
released Disaster Assessment (ARC 30-3049) document. This workshop
will enable chapter disaster leadership and Disaster Assessment workers to
begin to incorporate these concepts into planning, training and response
activities.
Disaster Health Services: An Overview
A3076-1 3.5HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
The purpose of this training is to provide basic information about the
activities of the Disaster Health Services (DHS) function of the American
Red Cross. Participants will learn more about what various knowledge skills,
and abilities are needed by Disaster Health Services staff as well as how
they can get involved in their local chapter.
Disaster Health Services: Simulation
A3076-2 8HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Disaster Health Services: An Overview (ARC 3076-1)
The purpose of this training is to provide participants an opportunity to
practice the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to work in the Disaster
Health Services function on a disaster relief operation. This course
completes basic Disaster Services preparation to work in Disaster Health
Services (DHS) on local and national relief operations.
Disaster Kitchen Training
A3068-30 16HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Mass Care: An Overview (ARC 3068-1)
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.
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Disaster Mental Health: An Overview
A3077-2F 3H
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
The purpose of this course is to help participants understand the Disaster
Mental Health Services (DMHS) function within the American Red Cross
Disaster Services Program. Participants will learn how Disaster Mental
Health Services support disaster relief workers and people affected by
disasters.
Disaster Mental Health Services I
A3077-1F 16HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
The purpose of this course is to prepare participants to use their
professional skills to provide the specific activities and interventions
necessary to meet the disaster-related mental health needs of Red Cross
workers and their families, people affected by disaster and communities.
Disaster Services Orientation / Intro to Disaster Services
A3066
2HR
Required: General Volunteer Orientation
The purpose of this video-based course is to provide fundamental
information about disasters, the community response, and the role of Red
Cross Disaster Services.
Emergency Operations Center / Incident Command
A3089-5 8HR
Required: Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service Delivery (ARC 3089-4)
The purpose of this basic Disaster Services 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 result in effective service delivery.
ERVs: Ready, Set, Roll
A3068-4 4HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Mass Care: An Overview (ARC 3068-1)
Required: First Aid/CPR Certification
Required: Valid Drivers License
Required: DMV Report
The purpose of this course is to prepare Red Cross paid and volunteer staff
to safely and effectively use an emergency response vehicle (ERV) and its
equipment to meet feeding and other service needs of the people affected
by disaster.
Revised 08/14/2005
Louisville Area Chapter
Family Service: Providing Emergency Assistance
A3072-1 8HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the Family Services
function. You will learn the skills and tools needed to conduct an effective
client interview.
Fundamentals of Instruction and Facilitation (Self Study)
A3090-1F 3HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: 3 Basic Disaster Courses
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, what functions and methods are used by effective instructors, and
how to prepare for, conduct, and evaluate Disaster Services training
courses and simulations.
Human Resources in Disaster
A3087-3 3.5HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
The purpose of this training is to provide basic information about the
activities and processes of the Local Disaster Volunteers, Staffing, and
Training functions in support of an American Red Cross disaster relief
operation. Participants will learn how to deliver and support sufficient and
effective human resources on a disaster relief operation.
Intro to Disaster Services / Disaster Services Orientation
A3066
2HR
Required: General Volunteer Orientation
The purpose of this video-based course is to provide fundamental
information about disasters, the community response, and the role of Red
Cross Disaster Services.
Logistics: An Overview
A3071-1F 3HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
The purpose of this training is to provide basic information about the
activities and processes of the Logistics function in support of an American
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.
Logistics: Simulation
A3071-2F 4HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Logistics: An Overview (ARC 3071-1F)
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.
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Disaster Services
Logistics During a WMD/Terrorism Event
A3079-5 4HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Logistics: An Overview (ARC 3071-1F)
Required: Logistics: Simulation (ARC 3071-2F)
Required: Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Overview (ARC 3079-2)
The purpose of this course is to provide Red Cross paid and volunteer
Chapter/station/Blood Services Region logistics staff the knowledge, skills
and abilities (KSA) that enable them to prepare for and support Red Cross
services during a weapon of mass destruction/terrorism (WMD/T) incident
within their chapter’s jurisdiction.
Mass Care: An Overview
A3068-1 3HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
The purpose of this training is to provide basic information about the
activities of the Mass Care function. Participants will learn about the skills
and abilities needed by Mass Care workers and how they can get started in
their local chapter.
Mass Casualty Disasters
A3079-1F 8HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Participant response to large disaster (Local or National)
The purpose of this course is to prepare Red Cross employees and
volunteers to provide a more effective initial response to a mass casualty
disaster.
Public Affairs in Disaster
A3080-1 6.5HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
The purpose of this course is to assist Red Cross paid and volunteer staff in
working with the Public Affairs function on a local disaster relief operation
and to initiate the Public Affairs function on a State or Major disaster relief
operation.
Shelter Operations
A3068-11 3HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Mass Care: An Overview (ARC 3068-1)
The purpose of this course is to prepare Red Cross and other agencies'
staff to effectively and sensitively manage shelter operations as a team, to
meet the needs of people displaced as a result of disaster.
Shelter Simulation
A3068-12 3.5HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Mass Care: An Overview (ARC 3068-1)
Required: Shelter Operations (ARC 3068-11)
The purpose of this training is to provide participants an opportunity to
practice knowledge and skills needed to run a successful shelter operation.
Revised 08/14/2005
Louisville Area Chapter
Weapons of Mass Destruction / Terrorism Overview
A3079-2F 3.5HR
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
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.
Disaster Services
Family Service Supervision I
A3072-3F 13H
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Family Service: Providing Emergency Assistance (ARC 3072-1)
Required: 5898H Application
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.
Intermediate Level Courses
Mass Care 2
A3068-2 13HR
Required: Mass Care and Overview (ARC 3068-1)
Required: Shelter Operations (ARC 3068-11)
Required: Shelter Simulation (ARC 3068-12)
Required: Supervision In Disaster (ARC 3086)
Required: Mass Care Experience on Disaster
Required: 5898H Application
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.
Public Affairs 2
A3080-2 10H
Required: Public Affairs in Disaster (ARC 3080-1)
Required: Knowledge of ARC 3000
Required: Knowledge of ARC 3068
Required: 5898H Application
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.
Advanced Level Courses
Disaster Instructor Specialty Training
A3090
13H
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Fundamentals of Instruction and Facilitation (ARC 3090-1)
Required: 3 Basic Level Courses
Required: 5898H Application
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.
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Fundamentals of Chapter Disaster Operations Management A3081-30 12H
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Family Service: Providing Emergency Assistance (ARC 3072-1)
Required: Mass Care: An Overview (ARC 3068-1)
Required: Disaster Assessment Workshop ITS (ITS)
Required: Client Assistance Card (Online Training)
Required: Operations Data Management (Self Study)
Required: Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service Delivery (ARC 3089-4)
Required: Knowledge of Chapter Disaster Response Plan
Required: 5898H Application
The purpose of this training is to prepare Red Cross employees and
leadership volunteers to manage a small disaster relief operation, which is
chapter managed and accounted and at least partially funded by the
Disaster Relief Fund.
Service Delivery Site Management
A3081-40 11H
Required: Introduction to Disaster Services (ARC 3066)
Required: Fundamentals of Chapter Disaster Ops Mgmt (ARC 3081-30)
Required: Leadership Experience
Required: Rank of a Supervisor or higher in a Service Delivery Site
Required: Knowledge of Red Cross policies and procedures
Required: 5898H Application
The purpose of 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.
Supervision in Disaster
A3086
12.5HR
Required: Basic/Intermediate Course for which person wants to become a
supervisor in
Required: Experience in group for which person wants to become a
supervisor in
Required: 5898H Application
The purpose of this course is to prepare participants to function effectively
as Disaster Services supervisors.
Revised 08/14/2005