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Red Cross emergency communication services provide a 24-hour link between service members, DoD civilians, and their families around the world. Emergency communication provides information from the family about the death or serious illness of a immediate family member, the birth of a child or family emergencies. Red Cross verification provides fast, reliable information to help the military make decisions about emergency leave, deferment, compassionate reassignment or dependency discharge. In case of a family emergency contact Yokosuka Red Cross at 243-7490 .
After hours call Disaster Services Disaster services provided at our station include:
The Yokosuka Red Cross provides a variety of Health and Safety courses to the local community. These courses include:
We also offer instructor certification in the above courses. Red Cross Programs Dental Assistant Training Program The Dental Assistant Training Program gives spouses of military and DoD civilians an opportunity to train as a dental assistant. This is a free five to six month training program at the base dental clinic. Volunteers will gain knowledge and skills as a dental assistant, while working directly with dentists and staff. Language Bank Yokosuka Red Cross maintains a bank of on-call volunteers who speak multiple languages and are willing to provide translation assistance to clients in need . To date, we have volunteers capable of translating the following languages:
Youth Program We have a number of dedicated youth volunteers in the Yokosuka Naval Base community. These volunteers work on projects like:
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To Call the Yokosuka American Red Cross between the hours of 0730 and 1630 Mon-Fri dial 243-7490 For an after hours emergency dial 1-877-272-7337 |
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