INTRODUCTION

The Donations Management Workshop was developed as a collaborative effort among FEMA, State emergency management representatives, and National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) member agencies.

GOAL

The goal of this workshop is for the student to learn the key requirements for managing masses of unsolicited donated goods and large numbers of unaffiliated or spontaneous volunteers.

AUDIENCE

This workshop is oriented towards those with responsibilities as Voluntary Agency (VOLAG) representatives, emergency managers, media, and business and industry representatives.

This course was release by FEMA October 1997 and will take approximately 12 hours to complete. There are six modules and one handout and toolbox two files associated with this course. The Student Manual and Donations Management Toolbox. The course files are less than one megabyte for the benefit of low bandwidth (14.4 and 28.8 modem) users. The naming protocol is em288.exe and em288toolbox.exe. Graphics may not be optimum in these documents due to originals and file size considerations.

Upon receiving your paid registration, we will send you the password to open these. We recommend you print out the pages as you need them and keep them as a paper reference.

The test is submitted online. When you pass the test, you will be mailed a certificate of completion.

The final exam is 27 questions taken from the reading material. You may use any of the materials while taking the test.

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Download Course Materials Here: EM288.exe 468 KB EM288ToolBox.exe 465 KB

Government publications used in this document have been electronically transcribed by
International Disaster/Fire Training Institute, Inc.
Sources used to develop these courses are public domain documents.