| Mayor's Citizen
Corps |
| Tulsa was one of
seventeen communities nationwide to receive a special grant from the
Corporation for National and Community Service to enlist citizens
in the war against terrorism, crime and natural disasters. With
properly trained citizens in all areas of the city, ready to act at
a moment’s notice, the community will be stronger and better prepared. |
You can help when an emergency or disaster occurs!
Review
the projects listed below and register
to put your interests, knowledge and experience to work for a safer
community. For more information on Mayor's Citizen Corps,
click
here.
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| Language/Culture
Bank |
People with foreign
language skills or multicultural experience may choose to be available
“on-call” to assist community agencies with public health and safety
issues. Citizen Corps is a nationwide program to encourage people
to help their communities and neighborhoods become more resistant
to natural disasters or man-made emergencies by building a network
of citizens who know what to do and how to help. Tulsa is the
only community
that has included in this effort a program to build bridges in the
community among people of various cultures and languages.
For
more information,
click here.
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| Tulsa Human
Response Coalition |
Those with professional
skills in fields of public health, public safety, mental health, emergency
response and disaster mitigation may make those skills available to
first responders by being “on-call” to assist when needed at the site
of an emergency.
For more information,
click here. |
| CERT |
Community Emergency
Response Teams take action to help others until professional (police/fire/medical)
arrive. Volunteers are mobilized to check their own neighborhood
or business to help assess damage and administer first aid to injured
neighbors.
For more information,
click here. |
| Safe and Secure |
To avert, minimize
or respond to disaster, teams of volunteers facilitate, educate, and
train neighborhoods, businesses, and non-profit agencies as part of
the city-wide volunteer mobilization strategy.
For more information,
click here.
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| VIPS |
| Volunteers In Police
Service assist the Tulsa Police Department by performing administrative
duties that were previously done by uniformed officers, allowing those
officers to be put back in uniform field assignments. |
| Medical Reserve
Corps |
| The
Medical Reserve Corps mobilizes, trains, and manages volunteers
to help the
medical and health communities during emergencies and to provide
year-round public education services. Retired doctors, nurses,
and emergency medical technicians are needed as MRC volunteers.
For more information,
click here.
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| Public Health,
Public Safety and Disaster Relief Agencies |
Volunteer to help
with concerns such as communicable disease control (e.g., smallpox
vaccinations), health assessments, and child guidance. You may
also volunteer to help with concerns such as homeland security, traffic
and roadways, lake and river safety, engineering issues, computer
safety, disability concerns, corrections and courts, and physical
abuse. The American Red Cross, Citizens Crime Commission's Alert
Neighbor Program, or VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster)
would love to have your
help as well. |
For
more information on Mayor's Citizen Corps,
click here.
For the Top Ten Tips to Survive a Disaster,
click here.
A
host of Tulsa area businesses and agencies, public and private,
are working together to build a safer and more secure community.
Mayor’s Citizen Corps Volunteer Project partners include:
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Additional Links:
For more information, feel free to visit the following related sites.
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Corporation for National and Community Service
www.cns.gov
FEMA (Federal
Emergency Management Agency)
www.fema.gov
USA Freedom Corps
www.usafreedomcorps.gov
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For additional information contact: 596-B-RDY (596-2739) or citizencorps@cityoftulsa.org
Register
here for any of the programs!
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