SOUTH CAROLINA DISASTER RELIEF SPRING TRAINING 2025
Saturday, May 17, 8:00 AM -12:30 PM
Jamestown Baptist Church, 2916 4th Avenue, Conway, SC 29526
Last day to register is May 8, 2025
Please mailed check to: Waccamaw Baptist Association at 1607 9th Ave., Conway, SC 29526
Cost is $25.00
Below, you will find important information about the event. Please review this so you can all be ready to go once you arrive at the church:
Registration: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Check-in/Registration opens. Please check in and pick up your training packet. (Coffee and donuts will be provided)
• New volunteers: Complete Paperwork for ID Badges
First Session Training – (Choose 1)
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Introduction to Disaster Relief. Room 1
New Relief volunteers must attend the "Introduction to Disaster Relief”.
We recommend that returning volunteers attend the "Intro to DR" class again if it has been a while since they last took it. This is a recommendation, not a requirement.
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM – Mud-Out – Room 2
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM – Feeding– Room 3
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM – Chainsaw & Lab Room 4 (Potential)
*10:30AM – 10:45 AM – Snack Time
Second Session Training – (Choose 1)
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM – Feeding – Room 1
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM – Mud-Out – Room 2
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM -Shower/Laundry – Room 3
10:45AM – 12:15 AM – Chain Saw & Lab – Room 4 (Potential)
Class Descriptions
Introduction to Disaster Relief (*required for each NEW Volunteer*)
Learn the ins and outs of what to do and how our system works in responding to a disaster. How will you be notified, what do you take and what will be expected of you? We will try to answer all your questions as we discuss your involvement in Southern Baptist Disaster Relief. Information forms will be turned in during this class and ID badge pictures will be taken.
Mud-Out (Flood Response)
Learn what you need to do before serving in mud-out, and then what to do on site. This includes what vaccinations are needed and what safety precautions workers must take. Mud-Out is hard work and very dirty, but provides great one-on-one opportunities with disaster survivors.
Shower/Laundry
Learn how to run, maintain, and supply these units to serve residents or volunteers in a disaster area. This ministry is ideal for volunteers wanting less stressful responses and for those desiring to work as a couple in the field.
Feeding
Learn the processes that are followed in preparing food, serving, and cleaning up in a mobile kitchen or a church (fixed) kitchen at a disaster site. An important emphasis is sanitation and safety. This class will give an introduction to the new “Quick Response Unit” (QRU) which is now becoming a staple in Baptist DR responses.
Chainsaw - Classroom and Lab
Removing damaged trees, limbing, brush removal, rope rigging, and roof tarping are a part of chainsaw ministry (note: there is a separate class for roof tarping). Learn the dos and don’ts of safely performing these tasks. The Lab will offer hands-on opportunities with chainsaws. You do not have to run a saw to be a member of a chainsaw team – limb pulling, raking, and other tasks are needed also.
• Dress for the training is casual.
Register here using the QR code below, call WBA at 843-248-9358, email us at admin@wbasc.org, or visit our website for more details.
