Here are the manuals used in our various trainings – not specific to any particular training event but for any training:
ISBDR Manual – This is the 2020 Northwest version, current as of April 2019 (NWBDR, pdf)
Personal Property Recovery – this is the 2025 version (PDF)
Disaster Assessment – this is the 2022 Northwest version (NWBDR, PDF)
See also Assessment Forms (.PDF and .XLSX formats)
Feeding Manual – This is the 2023 version with video links (pdf)
Lead Cook Manual – This is the 2017 Northwest version (NWBDR, pdf)
Inventory (for Feeding) Manual – This is the 2019 Northwest version (NWBDR, pdf)
Disaster Ready Church – Implementation Guide – 2026 version (NAMB, pdf)
Church Preparedness Manual – 2016 version (NAMB, pdf)
Chainsaw Manual – This is the 2004 version.
Fire Cleanup Manual – This is the 2019 Northwest Roundtable version (NWBDR, pdf)
Ash Out – Training material as presented by Ernie Zabala at 2014 Roundtable
Chaplain Manual – This is the 2016 version for those who have already taken the chaplain training (NAMB, pdf)
Shower Trailer Manuals – Shower Trailer Setup (NBDR, pdf) and Shower Unit Operations (NBDR, pdf)
ICS manual – available as .DOCX or PDF files- 2014 version (Tx Bapt Men)
IMT manual – available as a PDF file- 2025 version (Ed Green)
Family Preparedness Manual – available as .DOCX or PDF files – 2012 version
Combat and Operational Stress Control Manual (COSC) – These materials evolved out of a desire to better serve service members in combat zones and those emerging from combat zones. Used in Operation Stress First Aid (OSFA) training for SBC DR chaplains. (Public domain by permission of US Marines)