Student activities:

1. Create a jump kit list suitable for your area and assignment.
2. Make a list of contacts and resources to keep in your jump kit
Complete both tasks and share this information with your mentor.

Optional activities:

1. Go to the FEMA Emergency Management Institute website. List five offerings from the Emergency Management Institute that you feel might be useful to emergency volunteers in your area.
2. The American Red Cross Newsletter listed in the Resource Links of this lesson focuses on the importance of training for disaster workers.

A. According to the newsletter, what action must an individual take before participating in Red Cross sponsored disaster training?
B. Which of the training ideas posed within the newsletter would be valuable to members of an ecomm group?