Fulfilling Our Mission:Translating Your Compassion Into Community Action: The purpose of this course is to enable participants to translate their care and compassion into community action, through a uniform message. The participants will be able to assess how to use their skills and abilities to strenghthen the capacity of both the community and the Red Cross to better serve people affected by disaster. They will understand the mission of the Red Cross, the principles and values that support the mission and the expected behaviors of Red Cross volunteers and employees in the conduct of that mission and then will be given the next steps.

Fundamentals of Disaster Assessment:This is a blended learning course consisting of two components – online (approximately 3 hours) and classroom (3 hours). Both pieces are required. The purpose of this course is to introduce the critical role of disaster assessment, explore related preparedness tasks, learn how to collect and communicate disaster assessment information, and become familiar with how disaster assessment information supports management and service delivery decisions. This is a basic disaster course and is required to be considered a fully trained disaster volunteer.  The online portion of the course can be found at https://learningctr.redcross.org/elms/pws/portal.do?siteID=17052%5fResponse.  1)  Click Self Register on the left of the screen to register for your username and password.  2)  Enter the required information and click Submit.  You will receive a system-generated e-mail containing your username and password.  3) To access online Disaster Courses click Catalog in the menu on the left.  4)  Select Disaster Courses from the drop down menu and click Search.  5)  Select Fundamentals of Disaster Assessment and click Add to Cart.  6)  Login.  7)  Check Out.  8)  Place order.  9)  Select Development Plan.  10)  Select Begin/Continue Course.  11)  Complete the course and bring any printouts with you to the second part of the class.  


Logistics: An Overview: The purpose of this course is to provide basic information about the processes of Material Support Services activities in support of an American Red Cross disaster relief operation. Participants will learn about the skills, abilities and knowledge needed by Material Support Services workers and how they can become involved in their local chapter. (Fulfilling Our Mission: Translating Your Compassion into Community Action is a prerequisite.)
Logistics Simulation: 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. (Logistics: An Overview is a prerequisite.)

Fundamentals of Disaster Public Affairs: The Local Response: The purpose of this course is to prepare Red Cross employees and volunteers to work with the Public Affairs activity on a local disaster relief operation. (Fulfilling Our Mission: Translating Your Compassion into Community Action is a prerequisite.)

Serving People with Disabilities Following a Disaster:This is a blended learning course consisting of two components – online (approximately 45 minutes) and classroom (3 hours). Both pieces are required. The purpose of this basic level Disaster Services course is to outline Red Cross policies and practices related to providing services to people with disabilities following a disaster. (Fulfilling Our Mission: Translating Your Compassion into Community Action is a prerequisite.) Call the South Central Kentucky Chapter of the American Red Cross at 270-781-7377 for instructions on how to access the online component.

Shelter Operations: The purpose of this course is to prepare staff and volunteers to effectively and sensitively manage shelter operations as a team, to meet the needs of people displaced as a result of disaster. (Mass Care: An Overview is a pre-requisite to this course, and Shelter Operations is a prerequisite to Shelter Simulations.) This is a basic disaster course and is required to be considered a fully trained disaster volunteer.

Shelter Simulation: The purpose of this training is to provide participants an opportunity to practice the knowledge and skills needed to run successful shelter operations. (Prerequisite to this course is Mass Care: An Overview and Shelter Operations.) This is a basic disaster course and is required to be considered a fully trained disaster volunteer.