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American Red Cross Positions Available in New Mexico
Emergency Services / Disaster Services
Locations: State-wide
Description of Disaster Action Team: Each Disaster Action Team will consist of several volunteers and is organized to place trained responders at the scene of a disaster within minutes of its occurrence. These teams usually include a captain, a trained member, and a trainee. As a Disaster Action Team member, you may over time work with victims of various disasters such as house fires, floods, tornadoes, forest fires, hurricanes, severe storms, and hazardous material incidents. DAT teams provide immediate emergency assistance to disaster victims and emergency workers. DAT members are trained to provide food, clothing, toiletries, and shelter through limited financial assistance. In major disasters, however, the DAT initiates the response and establishes the operation until other chapter and national resources become available. As a DAT volunteer, you are part of the first team responding to the disaster scene. When disaster strikes, you will be where the action is to deliver the mission of the Red Cross to our community.
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Disaster Action Team Members (Trainee) - Bilingual volunteers needed |
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Mass Care Workers |
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Set up and staff shelters when needed, after a large scale disaster. |
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Disaster Health Services |
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Provide health services to clients after a fire, or when in a shelter. *Licensed Required. |
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Disaster Mental Health Worker |
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Provide mental/emotional support to clients and staff as needed during or after a disaster *Licensed Required. |
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National Disaster Relief Volunteer |
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If you would like to volunteer during a disaster relief operation, you can get trained now so that you can be prepared to know exactly where to go and what to do during a relief operation. Provide immediate assistance to victims of local and national disasters (such as fires, floods, tornados, etc.) through interviewing families and issuing individual assistance, providing mass feeding and sheltering. You may also work behind the scenes in logistics and reporting functions. |
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Caseworkers |
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Emergency Services needs a few volunteers throughout the chapter to conduct casework follow up. The caseworkers will pick up where the Disaster Action Team leaves off providing referrals for our clients to community resources, arranging additional assistance as necessary and monitoring the financial transactions on the client assistance cards. The caseworker has a very flexible schedule and can conduct the follow ups after normal business hours. Training will be provided |
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Government Liaisons |
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Government liaisons provide a valuable resource to the American Red Cross prior to and during disaster relief operations. The government liaison will work with our city, county, state and tribal partners to align response plans and disaster relief activities. These volunteers should have prior experience working with government entities, understand the incident command structure and be willing to support government relationships before and during disaster response activities. The liaison position is needed throughout New Mexico and volunteers with the experience and/or knowledge are encouraged to fill this need. |
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Community Partnership Volunteers: |
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These volunteers will work primarily with our VOAD (voluntary organizations active in disaster) partners to build and maintain solid disaster response relationships. Attendance at regular meetings and a commitment to build relationships is required. These positions are located in every community and volunteers from throughout New Mexico are encouraged to fill these positions. |
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Chapter Duty Officers |
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Action Team volunteers in the field. These volunteers do not dispatch to the incident. Simply, the Chapter Duty Officer is the point of contact for the Disaster Action Team’s should they need help with anything – on scene assistance, directions, guidance etc. Evenings, weekends and holidays; when the office isn’t open, the Chapter Duty Officer is on. |
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Office Support |
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