EVERY skill can help change a life. What skills can you build upon to be an active player in disaster preparedness and response?

Contact our Emergency Services Director about volunteering
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Your skills	are well suited for:
Do you work with heavy equipment or transportation?	Logistics Mass Care
Do you work with computers?	Computer Systems Management
Do you work with communications equipment and systems?	Communications
Are you comfortable working with people over the phone?	Armed Forces Emergency Services Family Welbeing Inquiry
Do you work with people in delicate situations that require empathy and understanding?	Family Services Shelter Operations Disaster Action Teams Disaster Mental Health
Do you plan, organize, and schedule?	Logistics Administration
Do you work in personnel or training?	Staffing Training Health & Safety Education
Do you work with numbers, records, or accounting?	Computer Systems Management Accounting
Do you give public presentations?	Public Affairs Community Liaison Community Disaster Education Health & Safety Education
Do you objectively relay critical information?	Public Affairs Communications
Do you fundraise?	Fund Raising Public Affairs
Are you a manager or leader?	Administration Disaster Action Teams Shelter Operations
Do you have medical training?	Disaster Health Services Health & Safety Education
Are you a mental health care provider?	Disaster Mental Health

Online Training

In addition to the Red Cross Disaster Learning Series, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers many independent study courses.

All disaster volunteers are strongly encouraged to complete at least the IS-195 Basic Incident Command System and have their certificate of completion on file at the chapter.

Click here for list of online courses!