Northwest Region Disaster Response Community Disaster Program — American Red Cross Partnership Opportunity
Summary
Presentation slides titled Northwest Region Disaster Response, headed American Red Cross Partnership Opportunity, with Jenny Carkner named as Regional Disaster Officer. The slides give a region of 38 Counties and 2,200 Volunteers. The slides lay out disaster response from pre-disaster activities through initial response, recovery and long-term recovery, and answer frequently asked questions about shelters and donated goods. A closing section lists ways to help, including identifying locations ready to open shelters, encouraging constituents to volunteer, supporting personal preparedness education, and giving blood or sponsoring a blood drive.
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- Congressional materials
- Date
- 2024-12-10
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“Northwest Region Disaster Response Community Disaster Program — American Red Cross Partnership Opportunity.”
Original at app.leg.wa.gov, dated 2024-12-10. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2024-12-10-2024-12-10-a32261-d274180-american-red-cross-northwest-region-disaster-response/
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Partnership Opportunity Jenny Carkner
American Red Cross
Regional Disaster Officer
Jamie Hill
Northwest Region Disaster Response Community Disaster Program
1 | American Red Cross Partnership Opportunity Manager-King County
5 Chapters
Northwest Region 38 Counties
2,200 Volunteers
Northwest WA Greater Inland NW
South Puget
Sound
& Olympics
King Co.
Central & SE WA
Disaster Response:
A Snapshot
Whether a single home is impacted,
or an entire town, disaster survivors
can turn to the Red Cross.
We provide:
• Basic needs like food and shelter.
• Cleanup supplies and comfort items.
• Financial assistance and health and mental health
care.
We meet with individuals and connect them to
additional resources to help them put their lives back
together.
4 | American Red Cross Partnership Opportunity
Phases of Disaster Response
Pre-disaster Response
• Community Preparedness Education • Coordinate with local emergency
• Volunteer recruitment, training officials
• Logistics readiness • Launch and scale response to meet
• Relationship building with local community need
1 leaders
2
• Assess and adjust to meet evolving
needs
Recovery 400,000 Recovery
Long-Term
• Maintain operations in coordination • Support resident
children receive a transition
measles or rubella
with local emergency officials. • Partner with long-term recovery
vaccination each day
• Begin individual casework groups
worldwideto distribute remaining
• Conduct damage assessment resources
with partners
3 • Consolidate response footprint
4 • Close operation
Pre-Disaster
ACTIVITIES: FAQ’s:
• Shelter Partnerships established • What type of disaster preparedness
• Volunteer Recruitment & Training education does Red Cross provide?
• Pre-position Equipment & Volunteers
• Fundraising • Who will be my main point of contact
• Community Disaster Education during disaster response?
Initial Response
ACTIVITIES: FAQ’s:
• Local emergency management
requests Red Cross assistance • Does the Red Cross take donated
• Disaster Response Operation goods/food?
launched:
• Planning: anticipated length, • Can I bring pets to a Red Cross shelter?
budget, workforce
• Sheltering & Feeding • How does Red Cross manage unhoused
• Individual Care: Medical, people in its shelters?
Emotional, Spiritual
• Volunteer recruitment: if needed • What decides the location of a Red
• Coordinate with community partners Cross shelter?
and elected officials
• Fundraising
Recovery
ACTIVITIES: FAQ’s:
• Client casework begins • How long will shelters be open?
• Disaster Assessment begins
• Distribution of emergency supplies • If someone has a resource or item a
• Maintain communication with Elected client can use, will the Red Cross help
Officials/Community Leaders me get it to them?
• Fundraising efforts begin to slow down
Long-Term Recovery
ACTIVITIES: FAQ’s:
• Client casework ends – long-term
recovery plan for each client • Does Red Cross provide financial
created assistance to long-term recovery
• Long-term recovery group ramps up groups?
• Shelters close
• Communication and fundraising • How long is Red Cross typically
conclude involved in the long-term recovery
• Local supplies replenished to return phase?
to sufficient response state
• Disaster Response Op. closed
• After Action Review (months later)
How You Can help
Get to know us!
– Help identify locations ready to open shelters
– Encourage constituents to volunteer and get
trained to respond
– Support personal preparedness education and
resources
– Give Blood or Sponsor a Blood Drive
Jennifer.Carkner@redcross.org | 509-859-2374
12 | American Red Cross Partnership Opportunity
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