Upcoming Classes

Introduction to Emotional and Spiritual Care (ESC) is designed to train all Salvation Army disaster workers with the basic skills necessary to offer emotional and spiritual care, as needed, to disaster survivors and first responders. Participants will explore how their cultural and religious practices may influence their responses to disaster survivors and first responders who have different cultural and religious beliefs. Participants will also review the most current research regarding the spiritual climate in the United States and will reflect on how to provide spiritual care for those individuals with different beliefs. Finally participants will be introduced to three approaches for offering emotional and spiritual care during a disaster: ministry of presence, ministry of listening, and the ministry of caring. Each approach is similar and yet different and take into account the comfort level of disaster workers as well as the needs of survivors and first responders. .

This course is designed for participants to gain or improve knowledge and skill proficiency in adult first aid, CPR AED for the adult, child and infant. Note: This class does not teach pediatric first aid. .

Introduction to Emotional and Spiritual Care (ESC) is designed to train all Salvation Army disaster workers with the basic skills necessary to offer emotional and spiritual care, as needed, to disaster survivors and first responders. Participants will explore how their cultural and religious practices may influence their responses to disaster survivors and first responders who have different cultural and religious beliefs. Participants will also review the most current research regarding the spiritual climate in the United States and will reflect on how to provide spiritual care for those individuals with different beliefs. Finally participants will be introduced to three approaches for offering emotional and spiritual care during a disaster: ministry of presence, ministry of listening, and the ministry of caring. Each approach is similar and yet different and take into account the comfort level of disaster workers as well as the needs of survivors and first responders. .

This course provides a general orientation to the Incident Command System (ICS), an organizational management tool used by The Salvation Army and many other disaster relief agencies, to command, control, and coordinate emergency operations. The course covers the nine core ICS functions and management principles. Participants will be asked to apply what they have learned, using ICS to coordinate a response operation to an expanding disaster incident and in a culminating table-top exercise. ICS is a prerequisite for all advanced level Salvation Army disaster training..

The backbone of any disaster operation, the Logistics function is all about getting the right resources to the right place, at the right time, in the right quantity, at the right cost. This advanced course will cover all the essentials of the Logistics function, including the role and responsibilities of the Logistics Chief; resource acquisition; supply, facility, vehicle and technology management; in-kind donations management; and warehouse operations..

This course is designed for participants to gain or improve knowledge and skill proficiency in adult first aid, CPR AED for the adult, child and infant. Note: This class does not teach pediatric first aid. .

The gateway course to The Salvation Army’s disaster training program, Introduction to The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services, is required for all disaster workers. The course offers an overview of The Salvation Army's mission, the services it provides during a disaster, and prepares participants for their first disaster assignment, describing everything from packing to travel to self-care. This course is available in both a classroom and an online self-study version and is a prerequisite for most other Salvation Army disaster training courses..

This course introduces participants to the basics of safe food handling. The course explains how food can become unsafe through time-temperature abuse, cross-contamination, and improper cleaning and sanitizing, and emphasizes the importance good personal hygiene plays in limiting the spread of dangerous pathogens..

During a disaster, the first gesture of comfort The Salvation Army offers is often a cold drink and a hot meal from one of its mobile feeding units. The Disaster Food Service & Canteen Operations course is designed as the starting point for any disaster worker who wishes to be a part of disaster food service operations. Participants who complete the course will learn about the different types of Salvation Army food service equipment, the essentials of building a food service team, canteen operations and maintenance, and the basics of menu planning..

This course is designed for participants to gain or improve knowledge and skill proficiency in adult first aid, CPR AED for the adult, child and infant. Note: This class does not teach pediatric first aid. .

The Salvation Army disaster service is more than just physical care; it also emotional and spiritual support. This course will explore appropriate emotional and spiritual care from its most basic level of "just being there" to the deeper aspects of pastoral counseling and referral. This is a highly interactive course that will both challenge and help participants to care for both others and themselves during a disaster deployment..

This course provides a general orientation to the Incident Command System (ICS), an organizational management tool used by The Salvation Army and many other disaster relief agencies, to command, control, and coordinate emergency operations. The course covers the nine core ICS functions and management principles. Participants will be asked to apply what they have learned, using ICS to coordinate a response operation to an expanding disaster incident and in a culminating table-top exercise. ICS is a prerequisite for all advanced level Salvation Army disaster training..

This course is designed to introduce participants to the Operations section as it pertains to the Incident Command and will prepare participants to serve in a leadership role within the Operations section on an Incident Management Team. It will cover the role and responsibilities of the Operations Chief, provide an overview of the subordinate positions found within the Operations section and will look at how service delivery – from food service to disaster social services to bulk distribution -- is set-up, managed, coordinated, and demobilized through the Operations section. .