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If you have had Introduction to Disaster Relief and/or any specialized classes, and your class certification has expired or will expire this year, please take the opportunity and get re-certified, so that you may be able to serve when a disaster occurs. If you take Introduction to Disaster Relief, you need to recertify every 3 years, regardless of activation. To take Recertification class, you must be an existing volunteer.
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Specialized Classes (including Introduction to Disaster Relief) – Chattanooga (East TN)
August 21, 2021 @ 7:45 am - 3:00 pm
August 21, 2021 – Brainerd Baptist BX, 4011 Austin Street, Chattanooga, TN 37411. To pre-register for this class, contact Doyle Pittman at dpittman12@epbfi.com with your names and classes desired.
Please preregister by Tuesday, August 17, so that we can supply you with the proper training materials.
The credentialing fee is $36. This fee will cover not only the cost of the ID and background check but also the cost of any of the basic training courses a volunteer wants to take over the next 3 years.
In order to be fully credentialed, you will need to take at least one specialized class after you have taken the prerequisite course of “Introduction to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief.”
7:45 – 8:15 a.m. – Registration
8:15 – 8:30 a.m. – Devotion
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Classes (Session 1):
Chainsaw Operation & Safety (Classroom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ½ hours
Spiritual Preparation/Evangelism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 hours
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Break (Registration continued)
10:30 – 12:30 Noon – Classes (Session 2):
Flood Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ½ hours
Shower/Laundry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ½ hours
Spiritual Preparation/Evangelism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (continued)
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch (Badge photos); Lunch will be available for purchase at the BX.
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. – Classes (Session 3):
Damage Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ½ hours
Rebuild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ½ hours
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Classes (Session 4):
Introduction to Disaster Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 hours
Registration Forms
Disaster Relief volunteers can now download the following forms to their computers and fill them out and bring them with you to training or send them to the DR office. By typing these forms, you are helping us save time with data entry and increasing our accuracy of keeping your records.
Use this link to find the forms: https://tndisasterrelief.org/registration-forms/