Archive for the ‘Citizen Corps’ Category
Citizen Corps: Red Cross Month
Date: March 17
Time: 2 PM Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
Host: Citizen Corps
Presenter: Joscelyn Silsby, American Red Cross Preparedness and Health and Safety Services
Description:
March is American Red Cross Month. For more than 128 years, the mission of the American Red Cross has been to help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. A humanitarian organization led by volunteers, guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, the Red Cross is woven into the fabric of our communities with more than 700 chapters nationwide. The American Red Cross has been a Citizen Corps Affiliate since 2003, offering state and local Citizen Corps Councils resources for education, outreach, training, and volunteer service opportunities to support first responders and disaster relief activities. Joscelyn Silsby, from American Red Cross Preparedness and Health and Safety Services, will highlight ways to work in partnership with local American Red Cross Chapters and learn about resources to better promote community preparedness.
Details & Registration:http://www.citizencorps.gov/news/webcasts/redcrossmonth.shtm
Depicting Disaster: Helping Communities & Businesses Prepare
Date: 09/30/2009
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
Host: Depiction, Inc.
Presenter: Capt. Kim Buike, US Navy, Retired
Description: Attend this free one-hour webinar to learn innovative ways to enhance the effectiveness of the work you do preparing for emergencies. Designed specifically for business continuity managers, CERT coordinators, Citizen Corps members and anyone who help neighborhoods, communities and organizations get ready for emergencies. Featuring powerful and inexpensive “What-if” mapping software called Depiction, the webinar will show you new and efficient ways to:
- Integrate and display pertinent data to help assess disaster risks,
- Visualize the possible impacts of different disasters on your community,
- Map risks and resources to identify, plan for and mitigate vulnerabilities,
- Use Depiction’s Preparedness elements to make planning easier,
- And much more…
Details: http://www.depiction.com
