Volunteer and Emergency Training Opportunities

After preparing yourself for possible emergencies, take the next step: get training in first aid,CPR, and emergency response and get involved in preparing your community.

Volunteer opportunities include:

American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/

The American Red Cross helps people in emergencies every day. Whether its half a million disaster victims or one sick child who needs blood.

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community

Medical Reserve Corp
http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov/

The mission of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is to improve the health and safety of communities across the country by organizing and utilizing public health, medical and other volunteers.

MRC was founded after President Bush’s 2002 State of the Union Address, in which he asked all Americans to volunteer in support of their country. It is a partner program with Citizen Corps, a national network of volunteers dedicated to ensuring hometown security. Citizen Corps, along with AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and the Peace Corps are part of the President's USA Freedom Corps, which promotes volunteerism and service nationwide.
 
Volunteer UGA
http://www.uga.edu/cls/vuga/vugaprograms.htm

Volunteer UGA was formed in 2004 as the campus volunteer center for the University of Georgia. Volunteer UGA is designed to connect UGA students with the many opportunities for community service in the Athens-Clarke County community and throughout the region.