H1N1 Flu Hotline VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT

Volunteers are being recruited to answer phone calls from the public regarding the H1N1 Flu when it hits Arizona.  Volunteers are needed to assist with answering incoming calls.  Also, volunteers are asked to sign-up for the stand-by list.  

No medical experience is required.  However, if you do have some, great!  Flexible hours are available between 7am - 7pm, every day of the week, from October 2009 - February 2010. 

To volunteer, please contact the Community Information and Referral by telephone or e-mail at:

Community Information & Referral

2200 North Central Ave. Suite 601

Phoenix, AZ 85021

602-263-8845 x 140

Margie Coggins

mcoggins@cir.org

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR CHANDLER CERT 

1.       Contact CERTAdmin after you have scheduled yourself to work. 

2.     Download and complete your hours on the Chandler CERT CI&R Time Sheet.xls by filling in the hours you worked and getting your site supervisor's signature. 

3.     Fax your completed timesheet to CERTAdmin at:  480-782-2125 at the end of each week you work.   

4.     Enter your hours into Sharepoint via this site.

5.  You will earn annual drill credit when you work a minimum of four hours on one day.

­­ONSITE TRAINING

Onsite training will be provided at the beginning of your shift.  You will be given information from the Arizona State Department of Health Services and the Maricopa County Department of Health Services on current H1N1 efforts will be presented.  Also, the CIR will present training on call center operations, the types of calls to expect, use of our phone system and recording Hotline caller data. 

Novel H1N1 (referred to as "swine flu" early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This virus is spreading from person-to-person worldwide, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread. On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) signaled that a pandemic of novel H1N1 flu was underway.