Preparing For Response to an Emergency

Here are links to important and useful resources from the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD) to help your organization prepare for response to an emergency. For more information, visit their website.

• Volunteer Management Points of Consensus
• Volunteer Housing Points of Consensus
• Meet ELI:  Emergency Law Inventory Tool for Volunteers Webinar
• Donations Management Points of Consensus
• When Disaster Strikes: How to Donate or Volunteer Successfully
• Mass Care Points of Consensus
• Mass Care Points of Consensus (Spanish)
• Multi-Agency Mass Care Definitions
• Multi-Agency Feeding Plan Template
• Shelter & Feeding Capabilities Definitions
• National VOAD Rental Guidance Document 

Following a major disaster, fire and rescue resources may be unable to immediately respond to all those in need. In such a crisis, it will be neighbors assisting neighbors until emergency response personnel can arrive. Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training provides residents with the skills and tools necessary to take care of themselves, their families, neighbors, and coworkers in the event of a disaster. For more information on CERT training, click here.

Please find below, links to useful videos from SBP. SBP is a national disaster recovery and resilience organization dedicated to shrinking the time between disaster and recovery by reducing risk, increasing resilience, and improving the recovery process by transforming the disaster sector’s systems, policies, and programs.

• After the Disaster: Muck and Gut Process
• After the Disaster: Tools Needed for Muck and Gut
• After the Disaster: DIY Mold Remediation
• SBP: Step-by-Step Mold Remediation Guide

Some additional links you may find helpful:

• Analysis of the Code of Federal Regulations (SBA) Title 13
• Federal Government Resources for Protecting Houses of Worship
• National VOAD Anti-Harassment Policy
• Whistleblower Policy