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**There are valuable and appropriate roles for unaffiliated spontaneous volunteers in mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery – as well as in other areas of community need.  
 
**There are valuable and appropriate roles for unaffiliated spontaneous volunteers in mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery – as well as in other areas of community need.  
 
**The response phase provides an opportunity to direct volunteers toward longer-term affiliation and community involvement.
 
**The response phase provides an opportunity to direct volunteers toward longer-term affiliation and community involvement.
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**Volunteers are a valuable resource when they are trained, assigned, and supervised within established emergency management systems. **Similar to donations management, an essential element of every emergency management plan is the clear designation of responsibility for the on-site coordination of unaffiliated volunteers.  
 
**Volunteers are a valuable resource when they are trained, assigned, and supervised within established emergency management systems. **Similar to donations management, an essential element of every emergency management plan is the clear designation of responsibility for the on-site coordination of unaffiliated volunteers.  
 
**The Volunteer Coordination Team (VCT) is the mechanism for ensuring the effective utilization of this human resource.
 
**The Volunteer Coordination Team (VCT) is the mechanism for ensuring the effective utilization of this human resource.
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*Consistent Terminology
 
*Consistent Terminology
 
**When referring to volunteer involvement in emergency management, it is helpful to use consistent terminology. The following terms and definitions are recommended:
 
**When referring to volunteer involvement in emergency management, it is helpful to use consistent terminology. The following terms and definitions are recommended:
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***Affiliated volunteers are attached to a recognized voluntary or nonprofit organization and are trained for specific disaster response activities. Their relationship with the organization precedes the immediate disaster, and they are invited by that organiza- tion to become involved in a particular aspect of emergency management.
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***Affiliated volunteers are attached to a recognized voluntary or nonprofit organization and are trained for specific disaster response activities.  
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***Unaffiliated volunteers are not part of a recognized voluntary agency and often have no formal training in emergency response. They are not officially invited to become involved but are motivated by a sudden desire to help others in times of trouble. They come with a variety of skills. They may come from within the affected area or from outside the area. (Also known as: “convergent,” “emergent,” “walk-in,” or “spontaneous.”)
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****Their relationship with the organization precedes the immediate disaster, and they are invited by that organiza- tion to become involved in a particular aspect of emergency management.
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***Unaffiliated volunteers are not part of a recognized voluntary agency and often have no formal training in emergency response.  
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****They are not officially invited to become involved but are motivated by a sudden desire to help others in times of trouble.  
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****They come with a variety of skills. They may come from within the affected area or from outside the area.
 
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Managing Spontaneous Volunteers in Times of Disaster

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Quick Facts

Publishing Organisation:
FEMA
Year:
2018
Languages:
English
Covers Thematic
  • Unaffiliated volunteers Spontaneous or unaffiliated volunteers are individuals or groups that:</br>*arrive unsolicited at the scene of a disaster</br>*may or may not be a resident of the affected community</br>*may or may not possess skills necessary to respond to the current disaster</br>*are not associated with any part of the existing emergency management system </br></br>Source: https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Archive/202852NCJRS.pdf
    • Target audience
  • Civil Society Civil society is a target group in LINKS which comprises citizens, civil society organizations, educational institutions, vulnerable groups, social movement organizations
  • Policy Makers local, national, and European agencies and institutes, public authorities, standardization bodies
  • Practitioners Practitioners is a target group in LINKS which comprises local, national and European disaster management organizations, civil protection agencies, first responders, NGOs, security networks...
    • Audience experience level
  • Starter Those who are not currently using social media, or the current use is based on providing general information and advice to citizens</br></br>Source: https://www.fp7-emergent.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170529_D7.3_Guidelines_to_increase_the_benefit_of_social_media_EmerGent.pdf
    • Disaster Management Phase
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