American Red Cross
of Central Alabama
5015 Woods Crossing
Montgomery, AL 36106
(334) 260-3980

Registration for classes is required, to register please call 260-3984 or send email to brownb@montgomeryarc.org.

All training is held at the Red Cross Regional Headquarters located at 5015 Woods Crossing, Montgomery Alabama 36106 334-260-3980

You must be a registered Red Cross disaster volunteer before signing up for a class. To register as a disaster volunteer, contact your local Red Cross chapter 260-3980. To sign up for a particular class, contact the host chapter directly. DISASTER CLASSES ARE TAUGHT BY DISASTER STAFF/VOLUNTEERS, AND AS SUCH ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR CANCELLATION. For this reason please register so we may contact you in the event of a cancellation or rescheduling. There is no fee for Red Cross disaster classes.

Disaster Course Descriptions

Client Casework / Client Assistance Cards (CAC): Prepares volunteers to interview, assist, and advocate for Red Cross clients as service associate caseworkers during a disaster. The CAC adjunct course prepares caseworkers to properly handle client assistance cards. Pre-requisite: Fulfilling Our Mission

Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service Delivery: Prepares Red Cross staff and volun-teers to establish collaborative relationships for a coordinated disaster response. Prereq-uisite: Fulfilling Our Mission

DAT Training: Volunteers learn to respond to single and multi-family fires. Those who complete training will be given the opportunity to be on-call to respond to incidents in their area. Prerequisite: Fulfilling Our Mission

Disaster Assessment Basics: General overview of the tasks performed by Red Cross disas-ter assessment works in support of a disaster relief operation and a local incident such as a single or multi-family fire. Prerequisite: Fulfilling Our Mission

Disaster Frontline Supervisor: Prepares supervisors to lead a team of disaster workers to deliver high quality client services and to create a climate that promotes worker satisfac-tion. Prerequisite: Fulfilling Our Mission, training equivalent to a service associate level in the activity in which one expects to become a supervisor

Disaster Fundraising: Strongly recommended for staff and volunteers who will support fundraising efforts at a chapter or on a major operation. Prerequisite: Fulfilling Our Mis-sion, active status in DSHR

Disaster Health Services: Prepares licensed or certified health professionals to function as health professionals within Red Cross Health Services protocols. Prerequisite: Fulfilling Our Mission, current health professional licensing/certification

Disaster Instructor Specialty Training: Prepares knowledgeable and experienced Disaster Services workers to teach basic-level courses. Prerequisites: Red Cross pre-approval for instructor candidacy, operational knowledge and experience in the subject of the course the candidate intends to teach, completion of the basic course the candidate intends to teach

Disaster Mental Health: Prepares licensed or certified health professionals to function as mental health professionals within Red Cross Mental Health Services protocols. Prerequi-site: Fulfilling Our Mission, current mental health professional licensing/certification

ERV: Ready, Set, Roll: Prepares staff and volunteers to operate an Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) and its equipment safety and effectively to meet feeding and other service needs of people affected by disaster. Prerequisite: Fulfilling Our Mission, enrollment in DSHR, 21 yrs of age w/ current driver’s license and a good driving record

Intro to Disaster Operations: Introduction to the American Red Cross, disaster services and core functions. This course is a prerequisite for most other disaster training courses

Fundamentals of Chapter Disaster Operations Management (FCDOM): Prepares staff and volunteers to manage a chapter-administered disaster relief operation. Prerequisites: Fulfilling Our Mission, Mass Care Overview, Disaster Assessment (online component), CAC, Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service Delivery

In-Kind Donations Workshop: Prepares volunteers who wish to work the in-kind activity for a disaster relief operation. Prerequisite: Fulfilling Our Mission

Logistics: Provides volunteers with information about the processes of Material Support Services activities in support of an American Red Cross disaster relief operation. Prerequi-site: Fulfilling Our Mission

Mass Care Overview: Provides volunteers with an overview of the activities performed by the Mass Care group in support of a disaster relief operation. Prerequisite: Fulfilling Our Mission

Public Affairs: The Local Response: Introduces Red Cross communicators to the critical tasks necessary to initiative a chapter disaster public affairs response. Prerequisite: Fulfill-ing Our Mission

Shelter Operations/Simulation: Prepares volunteers to manage shelter operations effec-tively and sensitively as a team while meeting the needs of people displaced as a result of disaster. Prerequisite: Fulfilling Our Mission