FBCLC Disaster Relief
For question about FBCLC Disaster Relief Team, contact David Kozak
REGIONAL TRAININGS
The following classes will be held at all 3 regional trainings (East, Middle, and West).
- Introduction to Disaster Relief (Friday night or Saturday afternoon)
- Chainsaw Operation & Safety (Classroom)
- Damage Assessment
- DREW (for team leaders/team secretaries)
- Fire Recovery
- Flood Recovery
- Ham Radio Communications (Classroom)
- Ham Radio Communications (Hands-On)
- Mass Feeding Classroom
- Rebuild
- Shower/Laundry
- Site Security
- Spiritual Preparation/Evangelism
- Unit Director (Blue Hat) (Requires letter of recommendation)
- Unit Director Update and Discussion (for currently trained unit directors)
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February 7-8, 2025 - East TN Regional
Waterville Baptist Church, 4555 Dalton Pike, Cleveland, TN 37323
To pre-register for this class, REGISTER ONLINE – click here. For questions, contact Elizabeth Holmes at [email protected] or (615) 371-7926.
Please pre-register so that we can supply you with the proper training materials and/or lunch count on Saturday.
https://tndisasterrelief.org/event/2025-east-tn-regional-training-cleveland-east-tn/
https://tndisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2025-Regional-Training-Agenda-East.pdf - agenda
LOCAL TRAININGS FOR EAST TENNESSEE
February 7-8, 2025
Waterville Baptist Church, 4555 Dalton Pike, Cleveland, TN 37323
- Chaplaincy
To pre-register for this class, REGISTER ONLINE – click here. For questions, contact Elizabeth Holmes at [email protected] or (615) 371-7926.
Please pre-register so that we can supply you with the proper training materials and/or lunch count on Saturday.
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February 15, 2025
First Baptist Church, 951 Highway 92, Dandridge, TN
- Bucket Truck Training – Classroom (must be currently certified in Chainsaw Operations)
- Chainsaw Operation & Safety
- Damage Assessment
- Fire Recovery
- Flood Recovery
- Forklift Operation & Safety/Skid Steer – Classroom
- Forklift Operation & safety/Skid Steer – Hands-On (must pass test in classroom trg.)
- FormStack (bring cellphone or computer)
- Introduction to Disaster Relief
- Shower/Laundry
- Spiritual Preparation/Evangelism (This class needs to be taken in addition with another specialty class for callout purposes such as mass feeding, chainsaw, flood recovery, etc.; this class is to prepare you for a callout.)
- Tree Felling Techniques
- Unit Director (requires recommendation)
To pre-register for this training, use this link to pre-register: https://nolachuckybaptistassociation.org/dr-training-registration/ For questions, contact Don Owen at [email protected].
Please pre-register so that we can supply you with the proper training materials.
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February 22, 2025
Mount Olive Baptist Church, 2500 Maryville Pike, Knoxville, TN 37920
- Introduction to Disaster Relief
- Chainsaw Operation & Safety
- Flood Recovery
- Rebuild
To pre-register for this class, contact Lori Davis at (865) 577-5559 or [email protected] with your names and classes desired.
Please pre-register so that we can supply you with the proper training materials and/or lunch count on Saturday.
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February 22, 2025
First Baptist Church, 13 Church St, Englewood, TN 37329
- Introduction to Disaster Relief
- Chainsaw Operation & Safety
- Damage Assessment
- Rebuild
To pre-register for this class, contact the association office at [email protected] with your names and classes desired.
Please pre-register so that we can supply you with the proper training materials and/or lunch count on Saturday.
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March 8, 2025
First Baptist Church, 201 E. Main Street, Jonesborough, TN 37659
- Introduction to Disaster Relief
- Chainsaw Operation & Safety
- Rebuild
To pre-register for this class, contact the church office at [email protected] or (423) 753-3441 with your name and classes desired.
Please pre-register so that we can supply you with the proper training materials and/or lunch count on Saturday.
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March 14-15, 2025
Camp Carson, 1120 Carson Springs Road, Newport, TN 37821
- Bucket Truck Classroom Trg. (Friday night)
- Bucket Truck Hands-On (Saturday) – must pass test
To pre-register for this class, contact Don Owen at [email protected].
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March 15, 2025
Fellowship North Church, 3203 Tazewell Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918
- Introduction to Disaster Relief
- Flood Recovery
- Rebuild
- Shower/Laundry
To pre-register for this class, contact Bob Gahl at (408) 828-2113 or [email protected] with your names and classes desired.
Please pre-register so that we can supply you with the proper training materials and/or lunch count on Saturday.