Disaster Services
Service and volunteer programs can help their states and communities prepare, respond, recover, and mitigate disasters and increase community resiliency. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic area.
- VISTA Ready Kit: Tools and Resources for Communities in Crisis
- Video on Flood Fighting with Sandbags
- TADS: Technical Assistance for Disaster Services
- Disaster Response and Recovery Resources
- DisasterDiscussions e-mail discussion list
- Managing Spontaneous Volunteers in Times of Disaster: The Synergy of Structure and Good Intentions (PDF)
- Preventing a Disaster Within the Disaster: The Effective Use and Management of Unaffiliated Volunteers (PDF)
- National Service Responds: The Power of Help and Hope After Katrina (PDF)
Online Courses
- CNCS Disaster Services Online Orientation (Parts I, II, and III)
- Managing Spontaneous Volunteers in Times of Disaster
Related Websites
- National Service-Learning Clearinghouse: Disaster Services
- FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
- National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Additional Related Topic: Leveraging Volunteers
