PA R T N E R S H I P W I T H V O L U N T E E R S A F T E R D I S A S T E R

A A R O N L E E

3 S C E N A R I O S O F N E E D A F T E R D I S A S T E R

• Downed trees

• Mass evacuation

• Housing damage

How would you meet these needs?

A B O U T M E

• Disaster Response Coordinator, Virginia Baptist Disaster Response

• Vice Chair, Virginia Capital Area VOAD

• Board Member, VAVOAD

• VEST ESF17

• Co-Convener, NABF Disaster Network

W H AT I S V O A D ?

National VOAD, an association of organizations that mitigate and alleviate the impact of disasters, provides a forum promoting cooperation, communication, coordination and collaboration; and fosters more effective delivery of services to communities affected by disaster.

B E N E F I T S O F V O L U N TA R Y PA R T N E R S

• Free

• Support for individual homeowners

• Cost-share/reimbursement credit

• Credentialed, experienced help

C H A L L E N G E S O F V O L U N TA R Y PA R T N E R S

• How do we know we can trust them?

• How do we corral spontaneous volunteers?

• If I refer a homeowner, who is liable for a volunteer’s work?

C A PA B I L I T I E S O F V O L U N T E E R O R G A N I Z AT I O N S

• Cleanup: chain saw, debris removal, temporary roofing, mold remediation

• Mass Care: feeding, temporary child care, showers, water purification, laundry

• Survivor Care: disaster spiritual care, mobile charging stations

• Donations Management

• IDA/PDA

Volunteers are trained to use a water unit to provide clean, potable water.

A Disaster Response volunteer helps with the removal of fallen trees.

VIRGINIA BAPTIST DISASTER RESPONSE UNIT INVENTORY

2 MASS FEEDING UNITS,each capable of producing

15,000 meals per day

2 SMALL FEEDING UNITS,capable of producing 4,000 meals per day

15 RECOVERY UNITS,for chainsaw, flood recovery,

and/or rebuild capabilities

5 SHOWER UNITS,4 of which also include

laundry capabilities; 1 of which also includes a water purification system

2 DISASTER RELIEF TEMPORARY CHILD CARE UNITS

1 MOBILE LAUNDRY UNIT

2 50-KW GENERATOR POWER UNITS

3 FIELD COMMAND AND COMMUNICATIONS UNITS

OVER 150 TRAINED CRISIS CARE CHAPLAINS

APPROXIMATELY 2,000 TRAINED DISASTER RELIEF VOLUNTEERS,

to all of whom goes a word of thanks for making themselves available,

often at a moment’s notice!

Water Purification

Crisis Care ChaplainsCom

munications

Chainsaw Recovery

Crisis Care Chaplains receive formal training on how to effectively communicate with

and provide comfort for victims of disasters.

Communications are vital during a disaster when normal lines

of communication have failed.

C A PA B I L I T I E S O F V O L U N T E E R O R G A N I Z AT I O N S

• Cleanup: chain saw, debris removal, temporary roofing, mold remediation

• Mass Care: feeding, temporary child care, showers, water purification, laundry

• Survivor Care: disaster spiritual care, mobile charging stations

• Donations Management

• IDA/PDA

C A S E S T U D I E S

• February 2016: Virginia Tornadoes

• July 2015: Abbs Valley/Joaquin

• October 2016: Hurricane Matthew

C A S E S T U D I E S : V I R G I N I A T O R N A D O E S

• 2 Methods of Volunteer Reception

• VOAD Coordination

• Introduction of Crisis Cleanup

• Our call: VDEM/ESF17 (Essex) and local community connection (Appomattox)

C A S E S T U D I E S : A B B S VA L L E Y

• Assessed damage 4 days after flood

• One team spent one week

• Communications challenges

• Our call: VDEM/ESF17

C A S E S T U D I E S : H U R R I C A N E M AT T H E W

• VOAD Conference Calls

• Crisis Cleanup widely adopted

• Multi-agency/multi-locality response

• Our call: VDEM/ESF17, community partners & out of state partners to NC/SC

BGAVAdvancing the Kingdom Together

AARON LEEDisaster Response CoordinatorMission Development

800.255.2428, ext. 7265804.920.2219 cell804.915.5007 faxAaron.Lee@BGAV.org

C O N N E C T I N G W I T H V O L U N T E E R S

• ESF17

• Discover resources in your own community

• Connect with Regional/VAVOAD

• Call

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