How do I get involved?
All disaster volunteers need to follow the steps outlined for regular volunteers (Click here for steps) as well as completeing the following forms:
| DSHR Application | Disaster Survey | Health Status Record | Statement of Undersanding |
Please refer to the Physical Capacity Grid when filling out your Health Status Record.
Please enclose the Health Status Record in a sealed envelope and bring it to your interview. After all forms have been completed, and all the other regular volunteer steps have been followed, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at (801) 627-0000.
How will I be trained?
The American Red Cross offers 21 basic disaster training courses and 11 intermediate and advanced courses. This training prepares disaster workers for a wide variety of jobs including mass care, individual client assistance, logistics, disaster health services, disaster mental health services, damage assessment and disaster management-just to name a few.Once I become a volunteer, can I help at large disasters around the country?
When a large disaster happens anywhere in the United States, the local affected Red Cross chapters often require outside support. The Disaster Services Human Resources (DSHR) system deploys highly trained and experienced Red Cross disaster volunteers into affected areas to assist. To become part of the DSHR system, you'll need to take Red Cross disaster services training and gain some experience locally. If you're available, interested in serving for three days or more within the state (or three weeks anywhere in the U.S.A.) and have the required local volunteer experience, you should sign up for the DSHR system. Find out more about DSHR through your Disaster Action Team (DAT) Leader.