Red Cross History
This month is dedicated to the American Red Cross.
What is March?
The total number of counties in the Greater Inland Northwest Chapter
What is 15?
The minimum numbers of responders required to respond to a DAT scene.
What is two?
The Movement may not take sides in hostilities or engage at any time in controversies of a political, racial, religious or ideological nature
What is neutrality?
You use this system to sign up for shifts to respond to DAT calls in your area.
What is RC Respond?
The founder of the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
Also a color, this fire struck Medical Lake in the summer of 2023.
What is the Gray Fire?
The four required verifications that must occur during a DAT Call.
What is Event, Damage Assessment, ID, and Address?
It is a voluntary relief movement not prompted in any manner by desire or gain
What is voluntary service?
These three activities will follow up with my DAT client, but only if I indicate they are needed during intake.
What is Health Services, Mental Health, and Spiritual Care?
This 1889 event destroyed most of Spokane's downtown and commercial district.
What is "The Great Fire" or "The Great Spokane Fire"?
Before becoming our Chapter Executive Director, Lacie Clark worked in this line of service.
What is Service to the Armed Forces?
This person must be called to approve a virtual response.
Who is the OM On Call or RLOC?
It makes no discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions.
What is impartiality?
A family of 6 that was displaced from a house fire will qualify for this amount of immediate financial assistance.
What is $875?
The largest Red Cross operation in this states history occurred during this famous disaster.
What is the Mount St. Helens Eruption?
In the past year, this small town was the farthest east that our DAT teams needed to open a case.
What is Bonner's Ferry?
Virtual DAT calls are sometimes required based on unique situations/weather, this type of ID/Address verification cannot be used when performing a virtual DAT Call.
What Neighbor/Relative/Landlord?
Its purpose is to protect life and health and to ensure respect for the human being. It promotes mutual understanding, friendship, cooperation and lasting peace among all peoples.
What is humanity?
Clients living in non-traditional housing situations may not qualify for financial assistance, but can still receive this support.
What is a resource/referrals case and/or a tent and/or DHS/DMH/DSC services?
The first Red Cross presence in Washington State began in 1898 to send aid to soldiers fighting in this war.
What is the Spanish-American War?
After Spokane, this is the largest population center/city in the GINW chapter.
What is Coeur d'Alene?
I must sign into RC Care at least once in this many days to ensure my account stays active.
What is 60 days?
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, in which all Societies have equal status and share equal responsibilities and duties in helping each other, is worldwide.
What is universality?
The four DAT Positions.
(hint: as in Group, Activity, Position)
What is SP, SA, SV, and MN?