Prepare to Respond Training

Prepare to Respond Training

What is Prepare to Respond?

IDES Prepare to Respond training is a *free, traveling disaster preparedness seminar that teaches how to help your community before, during, and after disasters occur.

The Logistics

This training can be done at your facility.

What you’ll need:

A space capable of hosting a speaker (projector, projector screens, sound system, etc.)
4 hours dedicated to the training

*We ask that churches & organizations cover the traveling and/or housing accommodations for IDES’ speaker, Ed Sanow.

What is Covered?

• Teaching ministry leaders the church’s role in the different phases of a disaster.

• Helping churches and missionaries identify their unique disaster response gifts.

• Showing ministers specific ways church members can help in disaster response.

• Training to provide emotional / spiritual care and support following a disaster.

• Demonstrating how IDES can assist the local church and mission partners following a disaster.

• Ensuring travel safety and personal security for those planning short or long-term mission trips.

• Providing practical information for missionaries to know in the midst of a disaster.