Posts Tagged ‘disaster services’

Volunteers Learn to be “Red Cross Ready” to Help at Disaster Services Training Weekend

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

The American Red Cross Los Angeles Region hosted a Disaster Services Health Resources (DSHR) training weekend on November 5 and November 6 for nearly 150 volunteers at L.A. Valley College.

Photo Album: Chapter Tests Its Response Capabilities

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Disaster volunteers and staff members tested their disaster response abilities May 17 and passed with flying colors. Coordinated from an Emergency Operations Center at the chapter headquarters, the Los Angeles Red Cross team responded to a scenario of a simulated fire in Topanga Canyon that displaced 150 families. Full Story addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fredcrossla.org%2Fnews%2Fat-the-ready-chapter-tests-its-response-capabilities’; addthis_title = [...]