Your American Red Cross local chapter provides several educational resources. Whether you simply want to be prepared for an emergency, or you'd like training to be a Red Cross volunteer, you have already made a great choice: to help in your community. Thank you!

To see the class schedule, check the Calendar or look for the current class listing in our Documents page. To register for a class, use this registration form or give us a call at the numbers above.

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Health & Safety

You can prepare your family for emergencies by attending classes on swimming safety, first aid, or CPR.

The Red Cross encourages people of all ages to learn how to prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies through its health and safety training. While no age limit is imposed for health and safety adult community courses, participants must be able to read at an eighth-grade level.

To provide you with the best experience, the Red Cross requires that participants attend all class sessions of the course for which they have registered. If you need to reschedule a course, please notify the Red Cross office at least five days prior to its start.

Once your training begins, you should come to class ready to learn. Wear comfortable shoes and loose clothing that will allow you to kneel and lie on the floor. Avoid wearing jewelry that will need to be removed prior to working with training manikins.

Unless you are a registered Red Cross Volunteer with an up to date profile, the CPR and First Aid courses have a registration fee.

To find out when classes are being offered, search the Calendar on the left using the category Safety. To register for a class, use this registration form or give us a call at the numbers above.

Health & Safety course descriptions:

CPR - Adult

This course is covers cardiac and breathing emergency skills with victims nine years of age and older. The course includes information on how to reduce the risk of injury or death by properly identifying breathing and cardiac emergencies and administering the appropriate CPR measures.

First Aid

This course focuses on how to identify and care for a variety of medical emergencies including severe bleeding, shock, musculoskeletal injuries, and other sudden undiagnosed illnesses as well as when and how to use the emergency medical services (EMS).

Lay Responder First Aid and CPR/AED Instructor

To become a safety instructor, learn information about the American Red Cross, its history, its guiding principles, and how students learn. Learn to train students in First Aid, Adult, Child and Infant CPR, as well as the use of an Automated External Defibrillator. Students will review course materials and will learn presentation techniques, evaluation methods and procedures for preparing Red Cross training reports. Basic level knowledge and skills will be tested on the first day of class. Though not required, the Standard First Aid/AED plus Infant and Child CPR class may be a helpful precursor to this course. Prerequisites: Successful completion of testing of knowledge and skills.


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Disaster Education

If you would like to help during disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, or even single-family fires, there is no time like the present to train as a Red Cross volunteer. We offer classes in shelter management, disaster survivor case management, and other mass-care volunteer work.

To find out when classes are being offered, search the Calendar on the left using the category Volunteer Training. To register for a class, use this registration form or give us a call at the numbers above.

Disaster Education course descriptions:

Introduction to Disaster Services

This is an online course consisting of three learning modules that will introduce individuals to the American Red Cross Disaster Services. The course will allow participants to understand how volunteers support this critical mission of the Red Cross and will allow participants to explore ways they can become involved with the local Red Cross unit. The course is available at this Red Cross link .

Translating Your Compassion into Community Action

This is a new Red Cross course. This course introduces potential disaster volunteers and members of other local agencies to the role of the Red Cross in the community's action in preparing for, responding to and recovering from emergencies and disasters. It provides the foundation of service delivery standards for the American Red Cross.

Public Affairs in Disaster I

The purpose of this course is to assist Red Cross paid and volunteer staff in working with the Public Affairs function on a local disaster relief operation and to initiate the Public Affairs function on a State or Major disaster relief operation.

Logistics

The purpose of this course is to provide basic information about the Logistics function during an American Red Cross Disaster Relief Operation. Students will learn and have an opportunity to practice the skills, abilities, and knowledge needed to run a successful logistical operation in their local chapter. Prerequisite: Introduction to Disaster Services

Mass Care: An Overview / Shelter Operations

This course has two parts. The first part is designed to provide individuals with basic information about the activities of the American Red Cross Disaster Services Mass Care function. Participants will learn about the skills and abilities needed by the Mass Care workers and how they can get started in their local chapter. The second part of the course is designed to provide individuals with basic information on congregate shelter operations; opening, operating, and closing a shelter. Certificates will be issued upon successful completion of each part of the course. Prerequisite: Introduction to Disaster Services.

Client Casework: Providing Emergency Assistance

This course is designed to provide individuals with basic information on meeting the immediate emergency needs of disaster clients through casework, disbursing orders and referrals. Certificates will be issued upon successful completion of the course. Prerequisite: Translating Your Compassion into Community Action.

Fundamentals of Disaster Assessment

This course has two parts. The first part is an online course that can be completed by the student away from campus or during the first night the course meets. This course provides an overview of the Disaster Assessment activity and its related tasks. Part 1 must be successfully completed prior to taking Part 2. Part 2 of the course will reinforce and build upon content presented in the online component while providing participants with the opportunity to apply their knowledge and develop skills in Disaster Assessment through applied learning activities. Certificates will be issued upon successful completion of the course. Prerequisite: Translating Your Compassion into Community Action.

Psychological First Aid

The purpose of this course is to prepare all American Red Cross workers to provide basic care, comfort and support to people who are experiencing disaster-related stress. Participants will be provided with practical suggestions about what you can say and do as you practice the principles of Psychological First Aid. This course is recommended for all disaster volunteers. Prerequisite: Translating Your Compassion into Community Action.