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Disaster Preparedness Resources

To borrow any of these resource materials, please call 415-982-8999 ext 222 or email Amy Conn.

  • Getting Ready for Disaster Volunteers: A Guide for Community-Based Organizations
    Bay Area Volunteer Centers Disaster Response Program, The Volunteerism Project, Feb. 1997
  • Are You Ready to Respond? How to Set Up and Manage a Local Volunteer Mobilization Center (VMC)
    Ready To Respond/The Volunteerism Project, March 2001
  • They Will Come: Post-Disaster Volunteers and Local Governments
    Earthquake Program, Governor's Office of Emergency Services, State of California, Dec. 1995
  • They Will Come: Post-Disaster Volunteers and Local Governments - Trainers' notes: A training outline for local government on utilizing volunteers in a disaster
    Dawn Matheny through the Bay Area Volunteer Centers Disaster Response Program, The Volunteerism Project
  • Human Resources in Disaster; Participant's Workbook
    American National Red Cross, ARC 3087-3A, July 2001
  • Preparing Your Board and Organization for Disaster Recovery
    BoardSource, www.boardsource.org, 2001
  • Volunteer Center Emergency Response Plan Template
    Ready To Respond/The Volunteerism Project, Aug. 1994
  • City & County of San Francisco Volunteer Management Plan
    Draft, updated Aug. 2002
  • Top Ten Lessons for Managing Disaster Volunteers
    Ready To Respond/The Volunteerism Project, March 2001
  • 101 Ways to Recognize Volunteers
    Agency for Volunteer Service
  • Video ~ Make Yourself A Promise: Earthquake Preparedness For You & Your Community
    Todco, 25 minutes
  • Video ~ Earthquake - Do Something
    Red Cross, 13 minutes
  • Forms, etc:
    • Disaster Response Volunteer Request, Volunteer Center
    • Disaster Staff Intake Form, Disaster Volunteer Advocates
    • Volunteer Needs Assessment Planning Tool, Disaster Volunteer Advocates
    • Checklist for Managing Volunteers in a Disaster, Disaster Volunteer Advocates
    • Sample Job Descriptions

 

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