Disaster relief job?

[Nolacycling 893]

I am done,done, done with my current profession. I have hit the wall. I'm interested in FEMA type jobs that relocate you to different sites to provide assistance and aid. I have no particular skills, but I speak with people that tell me FEMA is hiring and give me the names of other companies that contract this work. They have no skills either, often not even a college degree. I have been wearing out my keyboard searching. Any ideas for contacts or internet searches? I would get on a plane headed to the Bahamas tomorrow.

--a very-soon-to-be-retired teacher

Edited September 30, 2019 by Nolacycling

[TwiceHorn 31536]

Drop a line to fitlump.  Disaster scientist, imo.

[bluto 4942]

Isn’t insurance adjuster gigs for this what you’re thinking of?

[Nolacycling 893]

dunno

[RDCanecutter 26473]

Make sure you use all your sick days first.

[ROFL BOX 6649]

Insurance adjuster is a "for profit" endeavor.

FEMA work is 180 degrees the opposite of that.

Exactly what would your "dream job description" be if you did go to work for any co. that does "disaster relief"?

[NeverMarryAStripper 21921]

I'd go for third world warlord that gets to siphon off the relief funds into a numbered Swiss account.

[Upgrayedd 5818]

22 minutes ago, ROFL BOX said:

Insurance adjuster is a "for profit" endeavor.

FEMA work is 180 degrees the opposite of that.

Exactly what would your "dream job description" be if you did go to work for any co. that does "disaster relief"?

 

3 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I'd go for third world warlord that gets to siphon off the relief funds into a numbered Swiss account.

 

[YChang 3462]

On top of looking at gov agencies, utilities have emergency response departments that works closely with FEMA and other agencies/NGOs. 

[Knoxtnhorn 6066]

3 hours ago, Nolacycling said:

I am done,done, done with my current profession. I have hit the wall. I'm interested in FEMA type jobs that relocate you to different sites to provide assistance and aid. I have no particular skills, but I speak with people that tell me FEMA is hiring and give me the names of other companies that contract this work. They have no skills either, often not even a college degree. I have been wearing out my keyboard searching. Any ideas for contacts or internet searches? I would get on a plane headed to the Bahamas tomorrow.

--a very-soon-to-be-retired teacher

As a teacher myself, I'm interested in why you're done as a teacher. 

[RoundRobin 828]

Because he’s forced to work with people like you?

[Nolacycling 893]

Thank you for replies.In terms of "where do you see yourself" or "what job", the people I see getting hired are basically trainable to do gov't work. The application I just completed was Disaster Specialist. WTH is that, I don' t know, but I'm ready to do  something new. I don't want to get into the teacher thing, but I've been doing it since the 80's and we're not trained for shit. 

Anyway, I was an English teacher so I can read, write and speak in public.

Edited October 1, 2019 by Nolacycling

[TwiceHorn 31536]

You can also deal with immature shitheads by the boxcar load, so that has to count for something.

[Gunsup 56]

Are you resigning soon, or just calling it quits after the current academic year ends?  It does seem within the last few years that the job of teaching involves more and more outside the classroom bullshit, almost to the point that actual teaching is secondary.  I don't know if that has anything to do with why you're going to bail, but if it is, I couldn't agree more.

[Nolacycling 893]

I'm walking in a couple days. Parents and the way they raise their kids is the problem.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8821]

I'm walking in a couple days. Parents and the way they raise their kids is the problem.

Fuck that sucks...maybe you should line up a job first before you walk?

[horn4life 3783]

Aren't teachers under contract for the entire year? 

And yes I know what dumb fucks parents can be, and their inability to see anything except perfection in their amazingly special offspring so special that you honestly cannot even understand how special they are... Or the opposite, you just know that poor child's life is nearly certainly fucked.

What you are looking for doing post storm insurance work.  FEMA work is more labor related rather than brain related. 

I have a suggestion, why not go into tutoring?  With perhaps a sideline of fence building? 😉

[Knoxtnhorn 6066]

I've had a pretty good repertoire with the parents at my current school of just over 2 years.  Some are complete f-ups, some don't speak any English, some are complete angels, etc... I treat them all with respect and I receive the same in turn.  

My issue is with all the local and state initiatives and assessments.  I'm having a hard time keeping up.  I wrote somewhat of a diatribe about it, but deleted it.  Not my thread.  

Good luck with FEMA.  If it works out, pm me. 

[Hook1997 5402]

FEMA Corp and WSP are the companies you are looking for, just talked to a guy this weekend that was in Puerto Rico after that storm.  It’s basically adjusting type work from what I understand and you can possibly make 60k plus in three months but you will be working in disaster zones and 12 hours a day plus.   It’s tons of paperwork and going to mold filled houses houses but it’s not really physical labor.  Once you get experience you can make 120k plus a year and work 6 for months but when a storm hits you Go till you are done to a trailer, sleep in your car for a bit maybe and then a chesp motel. 

Edited October 1, 2019 by Hook1997

[RPM 26354]

8 hours ago, Nolacycling said:

The application I just completed was Disaster Specialist.

I think I might be over qualified for that position.

Also, band name.

Edited October 1, 2019 by RPM

[Grippe 313]

If I may offer a suggestion - if you want to really see what disaster relief is like there is a way to 'try it on for size' before committing your life to it.  I say this as a retired Texas National Guardsman and a certified FEMA level 800 disaster responder who helped run the J7 Office that was responsible for running the training and coordination for the TXNG's disaster response. 

Why not try joining the TX State Guard?  It's a small group of volunteers, mostly health care professionals, who meet every month to train and prepare for hurricanes, fires (basically everything under the Sun and Moon) to augment the in-state disaster response. You're not actually joining the military - you're joining an organization of civilians who 'serve' under the coordination of the Texas Adjutant General - the civilian arm if you will.

Why do I suggest this?  Because the grass sure as fuck ain't green on the other side here - FEMA and state run disaster response mechanisms are always a cluster fuck at best, and I can say that from years of experience.  There's never enough money/resources, everything dealing with government run events are run by job-preserving bureaucrats, the media is doing everything they can to either get in your way or indict you for incompetence (Anderson fucking Cooper should be tried for treason in my opinion - again, coming from personal experience) and it just goes on and on.

What you're talking about doing, leaving the job you know for one you're thinking is a dream job - hard but fulfilling, is a pipe dream in my honest opinion.  Entitled shit bird, back stabbing parents will be replaced by entitled shit bird, back stabbing bureaucrats and strap-hangers.

Will you be able to savor the gratifying warmth of genuinely helping people in dire need?  You sure as shit will, and it will uplift your soul - in my case it was a little old lady in Eagle Pass who could barely walk and stood up to give me a hug with tears in her eyes, I'll never forget that one.  But conversely - have you ever really reached a kid in one of your classes and got them past their challenge and felt the relief and appreciation from him/her?  My brother has (he's a teacher in Killeen for special needs kids), and when he talks about it - the grin on his face makes it obvious it's worth it to him.

tl;dr - Try it on for size first, join the Texas State Guard to augment disaster response in state.

Edited October 1, 2019 by Grippe
because I'm not a fucking editor.

[orange dream 1256]

[ROFL BOX 6649]

13 hours ago, Nolacycling said:

I'm walking in a couple days. Parents and the way they raise their kids is the problem.