Emotional Resilience Training for Leadership Teams

This program provides strategies for maintaining resilience in high-stress work environments and supporting team members facing emotional fatigue.

Pandemic & Ebola Safety Training for Ancillary Workers & Volunteers Part 4: DV 102 Pandemic and Ebola Safety, Donning and Doffing

Volunteers, like you, are often the first, “first responders” in a crisis and offer the most immediate benefit and comfort to those affected. This specialized level of training provides more complex skills instruction and goes more in-depth to cover health-related conditions as well as serious “on the ground” volunteer situations.

DV103: Managing & Protecting Disaster Volunteers During COVID-19

This is a leadership level course for volunteer managers and organizational leaders to gain a detained understanding on how they can manage and protect their volunteers during COVID-19 response. At the end of this enhanced training, leaders and managers will understand the risk associated with COVID-19, how these risks can be reduced, key measure for protecting volunteers against exposure and the use of PPE.

COVID-19 Emotional Resiliency for Disaster Volunteers (English)

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to understand the basic concepts of how to stay resilient during COVID-19. At the end of this enhanced training, disaster workers and volunteers will understand the emotional risks of high stress and disaster work including the COVID-19 response, recognize the signs and symptoms of disaster work-related stress and learn techniques to address emotional stress

COVID-19 Emotional Resiliency for Disaster Volunteers (French)

Cette formation vous aidera à: comprendre les risques émotionnels liés au stress élevé et au travail en cas de catastrophe, y compris la réponse au COVID-19. Comprendre l’impact du stress des intervenants sur votre équipe et apprendre à reconnaître les signes et les symptômes du stress lié au travail en cas de catastrophe, personnellement et chez les personnes que vous supervisez; augmenter la capacité de votre équipe à réagir de manière sûre et ecace en cas de catastrophe et; apprenez des techniques pour gérer le stress émotionnel au sein de votre équipe.

Emotional Resiliency for Disaster Volunteers

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to understand the basic concepts of emotional resiliency in disaster response. At the end of this training, disaster workers will understand the emotional risk, signs and symptoms of emotional fatigue. The training will further provide appropriate coping skills to manage and stress.

Introduction to First Aid

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to learn the concepts of First Aid. The goal of this training is to explain how to avoid physical hazards, adequately assess what type of first aid is needed and provide services as necessary. At the end of this training, disaster volunteers will be able to utilize a tourniquet, treat heat and cold emergencies in addition to provide appropriate first aid services.

Introduction to Flood Response and Recovery

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to understand the basic concepts of flood response and recovery. At the end of this training, disaster workers and volunteers will recognize the hazards related to floor response, the danger of these hazards and the role of personal protective equipment in a flood affected area.

Pandemic and Ebola Safety Awareness

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to understand the basic concepts of Pandemic and Ebola Safety. The goal of this training is to provide detailed information about Ebola, disease control protocols and safety and precautionary measure. At the end of this training disaster volunteers will know the definition of pandemic, understand the Ebola Virus is and know the appropriate donning and doffing of Personal Protection Equipment.

Food Distribution Safety

Participants will learn what steps to take prior to volunteering in Food Distribution roles, assessing their roles while understanding specific COVID-19 hazards in relationship to those roles.

Volunteer Safety for Community Vaccination Centers

After this training learners will understand where volunteers and frontline, non-medical help is needed. Participants will learn what steps to take prior to volunteering, assessing their roles while understanding specific COVID-19 hazards in relationship to those roles.

Know Before You Go

This course will help those interested in volunteering understand the basic considerations that should be taken into account before deploying as a volunteer.

Extended Use and Reuse of N95 Respirators Safety for Essential Workers and Volunteers

This is a Just in Time training for Essential workers and volunteers on the extended use and reuse of N95 respirators.

COVID-19 Awareness (SPANISH)

Este curso es para que el público en general amplíe sus conocimientos sobre la seguridad de COVID-19. Al final de esta capacitación, las personas podrán explicar qué es el coronavirus, identificar sus síntomas, cómo se propaga y definir conceptos clave.

COVID-19 Awareness (ENGLISH)

This course is for the general public to further their knowledge of COVID-19 Safety. At the end of this training, individuals will be able to explain what coronavirus is, identify its symptoms, how it spreads, and define key concepts.

COVID-19 Current Status

This Just in Time training is to provide you with up-to-date COVID-19 information and current pandemic status to help you make informed decisions.

DV101COVID-19 Safety for Disaster Volunteers (English)

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to understand the basic concepts of COVID-19 Safety. At the end of this training, disaster volunteers will learn: facts about coronavirus, volunteer protection, control measures to reduce COVID-19 and the proper use of personal protective equipment.

DV101COVID-19 Safety for Disaster Volunteers (Spanish)

Este es un curso de nivel introductorio para que los voluntarios en casos de desastre comprendan los conceptos básicos de seguridad de COVID-19. Al final de esta capacitación, los voluntarios de desastres aprenderán: datos sobre el coronavirus, protección de los voluntarios, medidas de control para reducir el COVID-19 y el uso adecuado del equipo de protección personal.

General Readiness: COVID-19 Awareness (Spanish)

Este curso es para que el público en general amplíe sus conocimientos sobre la seguridad de COVID-19. Al final de esta capacitación, las personas podrán explicar qué es el coronavirus, identificar sus síntomas, cómo se propaga y definir conceptos clave.

DV101: Emotional Resilience for Disaster Volunteers (Spanish)

Pandemic & Ebola Safety Training for Ancillary Workers & Volunteers Part 1: DV 102 About Pandemic, Ebola History and Facts

Volunteers, like you, are often the first, “first responders” in a crisis and offer the most immediate benefit and comfort to those affected. This specialized level of training provides more complex skills instruction and goes more in-depth to cover health-related conditions as well as serious “on the ground” volunteer situations.

Radiological Safety Awareness

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to learn the fundamental concepts of a dirty bomb. The goal of this training is to provide comprehensive information to volunteers on radiation and hazards associated with dirty bomb responses. At the end of this training, disaster volunteers will understand the basics of radiation, a dirty bomb, and how to protect oneself against radioactive contamination, and other hazards.

Pandemic & Ebola Safety Training for Ancillary Workers & Volunteers Part 2: DV 102 Part 2 Occupational Exposure and Risk Analysis

Volunteers, like you, are often the first, “first responders” in a crisis and offer the most immediate benefit and comfort to those affected. This specialized level of training provides more complex skills instruction and goes more in-depth to cover health-related conditions as well as serious “on the ground” volunteer situations.

Pandemic & Ebola Safety Training for Ancillary Workers & Volunteers Part 3: DV 102 Worker Protection and Infection Control and Exercise

Volunteers, like you, are often the first, “first responders” in a crisis and offer the most immediate benefit and comfort to those affected. This specialized level of training provides more complex skills instruction and goes more in-depth to cover health-related conditions as well as serious “on the ground” volunteer situations.

The Collaborative Disaster Volunteer Credential Level Three

This is the first collaborative disaster volunteer credential created by the organizations that will use it to keep their volunteers safe and updated as to the skills they need to volunteer effectively in disaster response. Collaborative Disaster Volunteer Credential Level 3 provides leaders and managers with lessons on disaster response planning and management of volunteers to ensure a safe disaster response that effectively delivers services to meet the needs of the impacted community and their survivors. At the end of this training learner’s scope of work and volunteer tasks could be management and planning tasks such as volunteer team leader, planner, and emotional support liaison for volunteers and staff.

Just in Time: Vaccine Awareness and Safety

After this training, the learner will understand why it is important to get vaccinated, the difference in vaccines, how to sign up, prepare for and recover from the vaccination

Managing and Protecting Community Vaccination Center Volunteers

Managers will learn ways to manage Community Vaccination Center Volunteers with their physical and emotional safety in mind. Learn to make informed decisions on how to place manage and provide support to your volunteers. Develop the skills that ensure the implementation of protocols that prevent against COVID-19 exposure and emotional health.

Volunteer Placement and Planning for Disaster Supervisors

This is a leadership level course for volunteer managers and organizational leaders to gain a detained understanding on spontaneous volunteerism management. At the end of this enhanced training, leaders and managers will learn to assess their disaster response capabilities, develop a plan to place affiliated and spontaneous volunteers to fill surge capacity needs, and learn key volunteer management practices for everyday hazards.

Managing Managers Stress in Disaster Response

At the end of the Resiliency training, individuals will be able to ensure personal safety and emotional well-being as a disaster volunteer, learn and practice stress mitigation techniques, and be able to address natural disasters such as flood, fires, and earthquakes. This enhanced training allows individuals to understand the role supervisors can play in maintaining a healthy team

Complex Disaster Response Planning

Complex Disaster Response planning takes into account the hazards and risks associated with responding to or working in an environment where there are two or more disasters active at one time. In this training we will use COVID-19 and Hurricane Season as an example

Leading and Managing a Resilient Team

After this training learners will understand where volunteers and frontline, non-medical help is needed. Participants will learn what steps to take prior to volunteering, assessing their roles while understanding specific COVID-19 hazards in relationship to those roles.

Volcanic Eruption Clean Up Safety

After this training learners will understand where volunteers and frontline, non-medical help is needed. Participants will learn what steps to take prior to volunteering, assessing their roles while understanding specific COVID-19 hazards in relationship to those roles.

Opioid Awareness

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to understand the fundamental concepts on opioid abuse. The goal of this training is to increase volunteers’ knowledge on opioids, provide tools to assist in servicing an opioid user and reduce risk factors of Opioid addiction. At the end of this training, disaster volunteers will be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of Opioid misuse, addiction, opioid use disorder, occupational exposure of workers.

Comprehensive Infectious Disease Safety Training for Disaster Volunteers

After this training learners will understand where volunteers and frontline, non-medical help is needed. Participants will learn what steps to take prior to volunteering, assessing their roles while understanding specific COVID-19 hazards in relationship to those roles.

Comprehensive Flood Response & Safety

After this training learners will understand where volunteers and frontline, non-medical help is needed. Participants will learn what steps to take prior to volunteering, assessing their roles while understanding specific COVID-19 hazards in relationship to those roles.

Community Vaccination Centers Safety for Disaster Volunteers

After this training learners will understand where volunteers and frontline, non-medical help is needed. Participants will learn what steps to take prior to volunteering, assessing their roles while understanding specific COVID-19 hazards in relationship to those roles.

DV 101 Introduction to Disaster Volunteerism: Physical Safety in Disaster Response

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to gain basic concepts of disaster volunteerism safety. The goal of this course is to provide skills to allow volunteers to recognize physical and emotional limitations, mitigate risk, identify hazards for disaster risk and appropriate flood response.

Introduction to Disaster Volunteerism Management

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to grasp basic concepts of disaster response life cycle, disaster response ecosystem, Incident Command System (ICS) and core attributes for volunteers. At the end of this training, disaster volunteers will be equipped to identify the ecosystem and carry out the life cycle of disaster response.

The Collaborative Disaster Volunteer Credential Level One

This is the first collaborative disaster volunteer credential created by the organizations that will use it to keep their volunteers safe and updated on the skills they need to perform effectively in disaster response. The Collaborative Disaster Volunteer Credential Level 1 is a 8-hour course that provides the learner with a solid foundation on which to build their knowledge. It is suggested that leaders and managers may use this course to credential volunteers in low-risk roles. At the end of this training learner’s scope of work and volunteer tasks could include low risks tasks such as greeters, receptionists, warehouse distribution, community assessments, and schedulers.

The Collaborative Disaster Volunteer Credential Level Two

This 8-hour course is the first collaborative disaster volunteer credential created by organizations that will use it to keep their volunteers safe and updated as to the skills they need to perform effectively in disaster response.

The Collaborative Disaster Volunteer Credential Level 3: Management

This is the first collaborative disaster volunteer credential created by the organizations that will use it to keep their volunteers safe and updated as to the skills they need to volunteer effectively in disaster response. Disaster Volunteer 3 provides leaders and managers with lessons on disaster response planning and management of volunteers to ensure a safe disaster response that effectively delivers services to meet the needs of the impacted community and their survivors. At the end of this training learner’s scope of work and volunteer tasks could be management and planning tasks such as volunteer team leader, planner, and emotional support liaison for volunteers and staff.

Advanced Disaster Volunteerism: Emotional Resiliency for Disaster Volunteers & Workers

This course allows volunteers to gain a more detailed understanding on resiliency in disaster response. At the end of this advanced training, disaster workers and volunteers will understand the emotional risks of high stress and disaster work; and identify methods/techniques that foster a healthy emotional wellbeing during disaster response.

Just In Time: Flood Clean Up

After this training, the learner will understand how to prepare for and conduct muck and guck operations after a disaster strikes.

DV 102 Part 4 Donning and Doffing PPE and Review

Volunteers, like you, are often the first, "first responders" in a crisis and offer the most immediate benefit and comfort to those effected. This specialized level of training provides more complex skills instruction and goes more in-depth to cover health-related conditions as well as serious “on the ground” volunteer situations.

DV 102 Advanced First Aid

This is an advances level course for disaster volunteers to gain a more detailed understanding of First Aid in a disaster response setting. At the end of this advanced training, disaster workers and volunteers will understand the role of disaster volunteers in providing first aid, learn how to determine what type of first aid a disaster survivor requires, and how to control bleeding and use limb tourniquets.

DV 101 Introduction to First Aid

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to learn the concepts of First Aid. The goal of this training is to explain how to avoid physical hazards, adequately assess what type of first aid is needed and provide services as necessary. At the end of this training, disaster volunteers will be able to utilize a tourniquet, treat heat and cold emergencies in addition to provide appropriate first aid services.

Advanced Emotional Resiliency for Disaster Supervisors: Maintaining a Resilient Team

This is an advanced level course for disaster volunteer supervisors to gain a more detailed understanding on resiliency in disaster response. At the end of this advanced training, disaster workers and volunteer managers will understand the emotional risks of high stress and disaster work; and identify methods/techniques that foster a healthy emotional well-being during disaster response to cultivate a disaster resilient team.

DV 102 Part 1 About Pandemic, Ebola History and Facts

Volunteers, like you, are often the first, “first responders” in a crisis and offer the most immediate benefit and comfort to those affected. This specialized level of training provides more complex skills instruction and goes more in-depth to cover health-related conditions as well as serious “on the ground” volunteer situations

Managing & Protecting Disaster Volunteers During COVID-19

This is a leadership level course for volunteer managers and organizational leaders to gain a detained understanding on how they can manage and protect their volunteers during COVID-19 response. At the end of this enhanced training, leaders and managers will understand the risk associated with COVID-19, how these risks can be reduced, key measure for protecting volunteers against exposure and the use of PPE.

COVID-19 Emotional Resiliency for Disaster Volunteers & Workers

This is an introductory level course for disaster volunteers to understand the basic concepts of how to stay resilient during COVID-19. At the end of this enhanced training, disaster workers and volunteers will understand the emotional risks of high stress and disaster work including the COVID-19 response, recognize the signs and symptoms of disaster work-related stress and learn techniques to address emotional stress.