Role:
- Prepare
- Connect with your local Red Cross or disaster emergency management group & attend Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) meetings, if available, to network and build awareness for the needs of children in disasters
- Establish yourself as a contact for working with children in disasters locally
- Network with regional CDS certified volunteers (CCLS and non-CCLS) so that vital teamwork connections can be established pre-disaster response (obtain list from CDS leadership)
- Respond
- Collaboratively with CDS leaders, coordinate large-scale local deployments
- Delegating roles and responsibilities of CDS rapid responders on-site
- Report needs/updates to CDS leadership
- Collaboratively with CDS leaders, coordinate large-scale local deployments
Qualifications:
- CDS certified volunteer, preferably with disaster deployment experience
How to become:
- Email Kathy Fry-Miller at kfry-miller@brethren.org stating interest
- Selection is based on current need and individual qualifications and determined by CDS leadership