Online registration for disaster training is available for disaster volunteers only through a secure part of the website. If you are already a disaster volunteer, contact your supervisor for registration instructions.

Help Victims of Disasters…and More

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 the communities, day and night, to meet the needs of families and residents with food, clothing, temporary housing, emotional support and emergency supplies.

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 execute vital tasks in field operations, disaster assessment, mass care, sheltering and psychological first aid.

Time commitment varies from full-time internships to working just twice a year as a reserve. 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 trained to handle local emergencies in the New York area and ready for deployment to national disasters elsewhere in the country, like Hurricane Katrina.

Available Disaster Planning & Response Training includes:

• 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

Start by clicking here today!