North Carolina Disaster Response Network Training
This training was developed by the North Carolina Disaster Response Network and produced by the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Updated 10/22/2008
Module 8 – Activation for Disasters
Module 8 introductory photograph by a FEMA photographer
in a shelter following Hurricane Katrina
This presentation, part of the North Carolina Disaster Response Network Training series, builds awareness of the disaster activation process for mental health volunteers.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe the disaster scene
- Know the basics of Incident Command System
- Be aware of disaster mental health volunteer requirements and benefits
- Understand required and optional training that disaster mental health volunteers must complete
Duration: 30 minutes
Author: Joanna Forester, LCSW
Narrator: Joanna Forester, LCSW
Reviewers: Sally Cameron and Cathy Womack for the NC Disaster Response Network
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