Disaster Cycle Services (DCS) Home Fire Campaign (HFC) Team Member
Regional position covering Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties
Each year, the Red Cross responds to an average of more than 60,000 disasters, the vast majority of which are home fires. This position supports the Southeastern Pennsylvania (SEPA) Regional Disaster Cycle Services department and our coalition partners helping to reduce deaths and injuries from home fires, including in high-risk traditionally underserved communities, by installing free smoke alarms, providing education to residents about home fire risks, offering home-safety checklists, and helping families prepare fire escape plans.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting preparedness programs designed to assist community members better understand and be ready for potential disasters, including home fires.
- Participating in HFC projects, preparedness activities, and meetings.
- Executing assigned projects and local preparedness activities including canvassing, fire prevention and safety education, smoke alarm installation, documentation, etc. All training, tools, and equipment provided.
- Working with team fulfilling smoke alarm request appointments and joining large-scale SOUND THE ALARM! events targeting specific neighborhoods.
- Additional related duties as discussed with supervisor, including meeting with partners and key stakeholders to build/nurture relationships, conducting inventory, managing necessary preparedness supplies, etc.
Time Commitment:
- Smoke alarm installation appointments offered daily, based on availability of clients. Each appointment fulfillment starts/ends at Red Cross office, 23rd & Chestnut Streets, or meet your team in the field.
- Large scale SOUND THE ALARM! events scheduled regularly, including weekends throughout the region.
Qualifications:
- Minimum age 18; 16 with adult accompaniment.
- Ability to follow directions and work as teammate fulfilling received requests for smoke alarm installations.
- Ability to interact with persons of diverse backgrounds and respectful of personal spaces.
- Ability to build effective relationships with others who can help with work-related goals.
- Reliable to committed schedule and flexible to adapt to change.
To learn more and get started, please apply using the link below, exclusively for Drexel students enrolled in the Community Collaborators program:
https://volunteerconnection.redcross.org/?nd=intake&organization_id=6776
Questions? Contact your local Red Cross Volunteer Services Representative Ned Bloom at Ned.Bloom@redcross.org or call/text 267-634-3766.
Edited March 2024. Subject to change.
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