RC Acronyms
This program, abbreviated “SAF,” provides support to military members, veterans, and their families.
What is Service to the Armed Forces?
This term describes the Red Cross team member who takes the initial call for a local disaster and dispatches volunteers to the scene.
Who is the Duty Officer?
Before she became a legendary chef and TV personality, she served the Red Cross in Washington, D.C., during World War II.
Who is Julia Child?
This type of kit should include essentials like water, non-perishable food, a flashlight, first aid supplies, and medications.
What is an emergency preparedness kit?
In this 1997 blockbuster about a sinking ship, Red Cross rescue teams are historically referenced in discussions of real-life relief efforts following the tragedy.
What is Titanic?
This lifesaving skill certification is known by the initials “CPR.”
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
When a local disaster displaces multiple families—such as a multi-unit apartment fire—the Red Cross may open this type of temporary facility to house residents.
What is a shelter?
As a teenager in 1918, this future animation icon lied about his age so he could join the Red Cross as an ambulance driver during World War I.
Who is Walt Disney?
A key part of being Red Cross Ready is communicating with family members. This document outlines where to meet and how to reconnect if separated.
What is a family emergency plan?
This 2004 climate-catastrophe film includes scenes of mass sheltering and medical care similar to real Red Cross disaster responses, even though the organization isn’t named outright.
What is The Day After Tomorrow?
The initials “GAP” identify required skills for certain disaster positions; the acronym stands for this term describing volunteer qualification categories.
What is Group/Activity/Position?
This term refers to a Red Cross readiness expectation that DAT volunteers are available around the clock, unless they update their availability notes in RC Respond.
What is “Generally Available” status?
This future president served as a Red Cross volunteer in World War II while stationed in the Pacific—years before winning the Oval Office.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This specific Red Cross program teaches individuals skills such as CPR, AED use, and basic first aid—key components of being fully Red Cross Ready.
What is Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED training?
In this 2012 film about the end of the world, evacuation centers and relief imagery reflect Red Cross–style humanitarian operations as characters seek safety from global cataclysm.
What is 2012?
This acronym stands for the Red Cross platform used for volunteer scheduling, availability, and case management.
What is RC Respond/Noggin?
Before becoming First Lady, she volunteered for the Red Cross during World War I, long before her work on human rights.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This 1974 classic about a burning skyscraper shows emergency response crews providing aid reminiscent of Red Cross first aid stations during major urban disasters.
What is The Towering Inferno?
This three-letter acronym refers to the Red Cross service that provides disaster relief during home fires and other local crises.
What is DAT (Disaster Action Team)?
This American president served as President of the American Red Cross from 1910–1912, decades before he entered the White House.
Who is William Howard Taft?
This 1951 sci-fi disaster film includes a scene depicting a real Red Cross blood bank truck as humanity prepares for a potential alien invasion, making it one of the first film appearances of Red Cross disaster-response imagery.
What is The Day the Earth Stood Still?