Archive for the ‘Red Cross’ Category
Red Cross Webinar: Preparing for the Unexpected Disaster
Date: March 24
Time: 1 PM – 2 PM Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
Host: Depiction, Inc.
Presenter: Kim Buike, Capt. US Navy, Ret.
Description:
Using the recent earthquake in Haiti as a starting point, Capt. Kim Buike (US Navy, retired) will show how Red Cross staff and volunteers can use Depiction’s mapping and simulation tools to rapidly prepare for disasters anywhere in the world by quickly building interactive scenarios using publicly available data. He will demonstrate how Depiction enables you to:
• Map and track key resources and assets: volunteers, vehicles, shelters, etc.,
• Collaborate in developing and vetting response plans for a variety of disaster scenarios
• Maintain and Share situational awareness during the response phase,
• Accelerate damage assessment reports and data sharing,
• Submit shelter situation updates,
• Familiarize out-of-area volunteers with “the situation” before they deploy,
• And much more . . .
Capt. Buike served 27 years in the Navy, commanding a destroyer in the Persian Gulf and the Navy’s most modern shore facility, Naval Station Everett before retiring in 2003. Captain Buike is also a Red Cross volunteer and serves in the local County Emergency Operations Center as a Red Cross Liaison during community disasters. He has been instrumental in the development of Depiction.
See Depiction’s Red Cross page for more information: http://www.depiction.com/red-cross
Details & Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/322977616
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
Flood Safety: When You Live Where Flooding Happens
Date: March 17
Time: 1 PM – 2 PM Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
Host: Depiction, Inc.
Presenter: Carol Dunn, Disaster Risk Communicator, City of Bellevue, Washington Fire Dept.
Description:
March 15-19 is Flood Safety Awareness week. Humans have always been drawn to water, and human civilization has always been closely tied to the waterways, and the nutrient rich soil frequent flooding provides. Because of this, humans will always be affected by flooding. Find out ways to reduce the impact of flooding on your life. Carol Dunn, Disaster Risk Communicator for the City of Bellevue, Washington Fire Department, will provide tips on what online tools and real time information exist to help you identify your risk of flooding, to reduce the impact of flooding on your life and property, and what online tools can help you stay ahead of the water.
Carol Dunn has been active in multiple flood related disaster responses and “Preparing for Flooding” seminars for people likely to be affected by flooding. Previously on staff with the American Red Cross in Seattle in the Emergency Services Division, Dunn is still an active member of their Disaster Services Human Resources. Main creator of 3 Days 3 Ways: Be Ready for Disasters and Emergencies, and the disaster readiness knowledge database www.2resilience.org and blog, she can be found at @Caroldn on Twitter. She is an executive Committee member of Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference, and previously worked in international aid in the former Soviet Union as a management consultant with Ernst & Young London.
This webinar is hosted by Depiction, Inc. Depiction is desktop software that puts powerful mapping, simulation and collaboration tools in the hands of everyday people, in a package that is both easy to use and affordable. Depiction is used by professional emergency managers, the Red Cross, emergency volunteers and more to prepare for and respond to disasters.
Webinar attendees will also receive a free download of Depiction’s Preparedness Add-on Pack.
Details & Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/803227169
Disaster Planning & Response: Exclusive for Red Cross
Date: 09/16/2009
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Cost: FREE for Red Cross staff & volunteers
Host: Depiction, Inc.
Presenter: Kim Buike, Captain, U.S. Navy (retired)
Description: Attend this free one-hour webinar, exclusively for Red Cross workers, to learn innovative ways to enhance the effectiveness of the work you do in preparing for and responding to disasters. Featuring powerful and inexpensive “What-if” mapping software called Depiction, this participatory webinar will show you new and efficient ways to:
- Map and track key resources and assets: volunteers, vehicles, shelters, etc.,
- Collaborate in developing and vetting response plans for a variety of disaster scenarios
- Maintain and Share situational awareness during the response phase,
- Accelerate damage assessment reports and data sharing,
- Submit shelter situation updates,
- Familiarize out-of-area volunteers with “the situation” before they deploy,
- And much more . . .
- Map and track key resources and assets: volunteers, vehicles, shelters, etc.,
- Collaborate in developing and vetting response plans for a variety of disaster scenarios,
- Maintain and Share situational awareness during the response phase,
- Accelerate damage assessment reports and data sharing,
- Submit shelter situation updates,
- Familiarize out-of-area volunteers with “the situation” before they deploy,
- And much more . . .
- Map and track key resources and assets: volunteers, vehicles, shelters, etc.,
- Collaborate in developing and vetting response plans for a variety of disaster scenarios,
- Maintain and Share situational awareness during the response phase,
- Accelerate damage assessment reports and data sharing,
- Submit shelter situation updates,
- Familiarize out-of-area volunteers with “the situation” before they deploy,
- And much more . . .
