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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, Flood Recovery, and Rebuild – Monterey (Middle TN)
November 16, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
November 16, 2024 – Monterey High School, 710 E. Commercial Avenue, Monterey, TN. To pre-register for this class, contact Gene Cole at [email protected] with your names and classes desired.
Please pre-register by Monday, November 11, so that we can supply you with the proper training materials and/or lunch count on Saturday.
The credentialing fee is $40. 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. Please bring exact cash or check.
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.”
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Introduction to Disaster Relief (2 hour class)
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 p.m. Chainsaw Operation & Safety (part 1 of 2-hour class)
11:45 – 12:15 p.m. Lunch- $6/person
12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Chainsaw Operation & Safety (part 2 of 2-hour class) (Must complete both classes to get chainsaw credentials)
1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Break
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Flood Recovery
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Rebuild
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/