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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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Introduction to Disaster Relief, Chainsaw, and Damage Assessment – Athens (East TN)
July 21, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 9:45 pm
July 21, 2023 – East Athens Baptist Church, 301 Central Ave, Athens, TN 37303. To pre-register for this class, contact Mike Farmer at mikefarmer@truevine.net or (423) 745-2248 with your names and classes desired.
Please pre-register by Tuesday, July 18, so that we can supply you with the proper training materials and/or lunch count on Saturday.
The credentialing fee is $40 (effective January 1, 2023). This fee will cover not only the cost of the ID, hat, background check, and membership pin, but also the cost of any of the basic training courses a volunteer wants to take over the next 3 years.
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.”
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Registration
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Introduction to Disaster Relief (2 hours)
8:00 PM – 8:15 PM: Break
Choose one:
8:15 PM – 9:45 PM: Chainsaw Operation & Safety (classroom)
8:15 PM – 9:45 PM: Damage Assessment
Registration Forms
Disaster Relief volunteers can now download the following forms to their computers and fill them out and bring them to the training. By typing these forms, it saves time with data entry and increasing accuracy of keeping your records.
Use this link to find the forms: https://tndisasterrelief.org/registration-forms/