| Give Hope Now |
Helping Victims Of Hurricanes And Other Disasters Recover
The Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross launched the Give Hope Now initiative to recruit, train, inform and deploy Disaster Services Volunteers who can travel beyond North Florida to assist individuals and families suffering the effects of hurricanes and other disasters.To support the chapter's Give Hope Now initiative the Disaster Services Office continuously reaches out to area businesses, churches, universities and colleges, government agencies and community organizations to offer Disaster Services training to their employees and membership.
| Disaster Services Training |
Take the American Red Cross "Introduction To Disaster Services" on-line. Access the course:
Take additional American Red Cross Disaster Services training. Access the schedule:
| Disaster Services Human Resource (DSHR) System |
The Disaster Services Human Resource (DSHR) System represents the American Red Cross's "National Manpower Pool" with over 110,000 trained Disaster Services Volunteers from throughout the United State ready to help when the need arises. The mission of the Give Hope Now initiative is for the Capital Area Chapter to enroll 350 new Disaster Services Volunteers as Disaster Services Human Resource (DSHR) System members.
To enroll as a DSHR member please download, print, review and complete the documents listed below. Then either fax the documents to the Disaster Services Office in Tallahassee at 878-6602 or bring them by our office at 187 Office Plaza Drive in Tallahassee.
| Application - Documents | Format |
| Code Of Conduct | |
| Code Of Conduct - Certificate | |
| DSHR Application | WORD |
| DSHR Data Record | EXCEL |
| Personal Statement Of Understanding | |
| Health Status Record | |
| Volunteer Registration |
| Disaster Leave Laws |
Employees of the State of Florida, Leon County or the City of Tallahassee, are eligible for 15 days of Disaster Leave by becoming members of the American Red Cross Disaster Services Human Resource (DSHR) System.
| Disaster Relief Operations Assignment |
To help Disaster Services Human Resource (DSHR) System Members thoroughly understand the responsibilities of being assigned to an American Red Cross Disaster Relief Operation the Capital Area Chapter has established going on a Disaster Relief Operation Assignment web site. Please log onto this important web site and review the posted material.
All Disaster Services Volunteers have to participate in the American Red Cross Background Check Program. To access the program please log onto:
| Disaster Relief Operation Assignment Availability |
| There Are No Open Disaster Relief Operation Assignments At This Time |
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