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Become a Spontaneous Emergency & Recovery Volunteer

When preparing for and after a disaster, volunteers may be required to assist with recovery.

Volunteering SA&NT manages the expressions of interest and referral of spontaneous volunteers for South Australia. Although there is currently no formal call for volunteers, you can still register, prepare, and be ready when activation occurs.

There are a variety of things you may be asked to do as a spontaneous volunteer. In the short term, volunteers may help with clean up, fencing, transport, sorting goods, administration, or tasks that require specialist skills.

Emergency Recovery can last months or years, and volunteers may be needed in the long term to assist with a variety of tasks, such as building and environmental restoration activities, or to support community service organisations experiencing increased demand for services.

There are links below where you can find out more and register directly with emergency and recovery organisations. This helps both the organisation and volunteers to be prepared and ready if the State emergency services are activated.

Volunteering SA&NT will work with agencies to determine their volunteer needs in the event of an emergency.

When activated, you will receive email updates on current opportunities with emergency response/recovery organisations.

Please note: All agencies will do their best to ensure volunteers operate in a safe environment; however, all volunteers need to understand they will be operating in a declared emergency situation.

You can also find out more information about emergency volunteering and apply for emergency response and recovery roles with the below organisations directly.

The Salvation Army

When disaster or emergency strikes, our Salvation Army Emergency Services (SAES) teams support communities at their point of need. You’ll find our volunteers providing meals and refreshments to first responders and evacuees, distributing bedding and material needs for displaced community members, and holding a listening ear for those who have experienced the disaster firsthand. For more information visit the Emergency Response Volunteering webpage.

BlazeAid

BlazeAid is volunteer-based organisation that works with families and individuals in rural Australia after natural disasters such as fires, cyclones, droughts and floods.

Working alongside the rural families, our volunteers help to rebuild fences and other structures that have been damaged or destroyed. For more information visit the BlazeAid website.

Disaster Relief Australia

Disaster Relief Australia unites the skills and experience of military veterans, emergency service specialists and motivated civilians to help people during some of their worst days.

The NAB Foundation Recovery Crew supports the experienced Disaster Relief Australia team with general recovery tasks during clean up operations. For more information on Disaster Relief Australia and NAB Foundation Recovery Crew operations go to: NAB Foundation Recovery Crew – Disaster Recovery Volunteering.