Register for Disaster Training
Online registration for disaster training is only available to disaster volunteers who have completed the Red Cross volunteer application process. If you are already a disaster volunteer, you can register for courses by logging in to My Red Cross or by contacting your supervisor for registration instructions.
Becoming a New Disaster Volunteer
The American Red Cross in Greater New York responds to an average of eight disasters each day, nearly 3,000 a year. Our Disaster Planning & Response volunteers are on the front lines, out on the streets and in communities, day and night, to meet the needs of families and residents with food, clothing, temporary housing, emotional support and emergency supplies.
You can start by becoming a volunteer today!
Become a Disaster Planning & Response Volunteer
Red Cross Disaster Planning & Response volunteers receive more than 40 hours of free, specialized Red Cross training to prepare them to assume vital responsibilities in the areas of field operations, disaster assessment, mass care, sheltering and psychological first aid.
Time commitment varies from full-time internships to attending just 4 events a year as a reserve volunteer. Our volunteer coordinators can help you find the position that best fits your schedule.
Take the first step to becoming an ARC/GNY Disaster Planning & Response Volunteer. We will train you to handle local emergencies in Greater New York and/or ready you for deployment to national disasters—hurricanes, floods, wildfires—elsewhere in the US.
Disaster Planning & Response training courses include:
- Client Casework
- Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service Delivery
- Disaster Mental Health: Overview
- Emergency Operations Center
- Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV)
- Fulfilling Our Mission
- Fundamentals of Disaster Assessment
- Local Field Operations
- Logistics: An Overview
- Logistics Simulation
- Mass Care: An Overview
- Mass Casualty Disasters
- Psychological First Aid
- Public Affairs I
- Response Center Call Agent
- Shelter Operations
- Shelter Simulation
- Weapons of Mass Destruction/Terrorism
