Dear Disaster Relief Chaplains
In order to serve as a chaplain with Northwest Baptist Disaster Relief, you will need to be current with your qualifications and our staff needs to have those recorded.
Training:
1) ISBDR – This “Intro” course is mandatory. Needs to be taken every 3 years to stay current
2) Read the DR Chaplaincy Manual
3) Disaster Relief Chaplaincy – this course is mandatory.
(To keep status, take this course again, or an Advanced, or ReCert course, or deploy within 36 months.)
4) 14 hour CISM course: Preference is “Pastoral Crisis Intervention”, “Individual Crisis and Peer Support”, or “Group Crisis Intervention”.
SBC Church Membership Verification required to serve with Disaster Relief
Forms:
SBC Church Membership Verification required to serve with Disaster Relief (click here)
Letter of Recommendation from your pastor as a Disaster Relief chaplain.(click here)
Background Check done by a NWBC approved organization (click here)
Medical and background (click here)
Release and Indemnity Agreement (click here)
Strongly Encouraged:
Other DR skills courses such as Mass Feeding, Disaster Assessment, Skid Steer, etc
FEMA Courses: ICS100, ICS200, ICS 700, and ICS 800
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