Next Step in the Journey

After our next two weeks of training here at Perry Point in Maryland, we as a corp will all be heading for our job specialty training in Anniston, Alabama. Note: This is most likely only true for the Atlantic Region and is only true for FEMA Corp.

Once we get to Alabama, we will be getting trained by FEMA trainers on what our specific jobs are going to involve and the skills needed. This will give each of us the skills to excel at our personal jobs with the specific training catered to our specific position. For myself personally, myself as well as my team (of 11 people) will be working as IAs (Individual Assistants) who will be working directly with Distaster Survivors as they come into DRCs also known as Disaster Recovery Centers.

Once we are done with the two week job training, our team as well as the other teams from both of the Atlantic Regions Summer FEMA Corp units will be able to be deployed to anywhere in the US should there be a declared disaster, which is declared by the President.

I'm looking forward to being able to be on the road and get to see allot of new places as well as hopefully do some good. We'll see what my ability to post new updates to this blog is like while in Alabama, security might be fairly tight as well as the fact of us just working long days with training. Once we are deployed, it most likely won't be uncommon for us to be working 43 or more hour weeks. Naturally, this can change as can most other things.

Within FEMA and FEMA Corp, one of the common sayings is FEMA Flexible. For example, my team could be driving to California to help with disaster awareness, but if there is a sudden declared disaster in Georgia and no other team is available or it is an "all hands on deck" disaster, you are turning around and off to Georgia you all go.

I'll do my best to keep this blog up to date, and will have some posts ready to publish periodically. Feel free to comment if you have questions on this post, or send me your questions about AmeriCorp programs using the questions box on the right. Subscribe using your email account to get notifications when a new post is upgraded. I won't spam subscriber email addresses or give them out. Most likely, I dislike spam as much if not more than you. Thanks for reading.