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DEPLOYING VOAD CERT COAD Presented by: Tim Dupre, Volunteer NH Lisa Michaud, Manchester American Red Cross Susan Jutras, Goffstown CERT Al Raymond, Goffstown CERT
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NH Citizen Corps NH VOAD ESF Volunteers & Donations 46 Local Councils To provide a central point for the acceptance of donations, and facilitate and coordinate communication and activities of volunteers and voluntary agencies responding to a declared state emergency 59 Organizations are memebers of NH VOAD
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VOAD V oluntary O rganizations A ctive in D isaster First founded in 1970 during recovery in the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Camille Shares values of Communication, Coordination, Cooperation, Collaboration with member partners ..is a partnership between organizations to provide long term recovery to victims of natural disasters
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NH VOAD TODAY March 31, 2009:NH VOAD Conference Identified Needs: VOAD Structure Start with a solid mission statement and the rest will fall into place. Create committees so that members can organize themselves VolunteerNH is an advantage because it already acts as a liaison between the state and VOAD members An incident command center should be developed for the VOAD and it’s members Establish committees for recruitment broken into categories, business, veterans etc Continue to support and establish COADs Ensure each community has an updated disaster plan Pre-identify vulnerable populations before disasters
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Who Can Be A VOAD Partner? Community Based Organizations Community Action Programs, American Red Cross, United Way Faith Based Organizations Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, NH Catholic Charities Non-Profits Volunteer NH, Habitat for Humanity Individual Churches Bedford Community Church, Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Church Private Sector Wal-Mart, Lowes, Home Depot Any organization that has the willingness and capacity to volunteer their RESOURCES or people
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Types of Partners Episodic Partners A partner who only responds for a specific event On Going A partner who responds to provide disaster recovery services on a regular basis VOADs prefer partners to be on going
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2008 Tornado and summer floods 230 total cases 30 tree removal 6 debris removal 5 mudouts 1 house repair Ice Storm 220 total cases 3 mold out cases 5 Debris clean up cases 35Reimbursements/ Donation with NH Catholic Charities Remainder: Basic repair, insurance assistance, transportation, etc.
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VOAD & RECOVERY State Declared Disaster or State of Emergency Volunteer NH: Central Site for Communication and Coordination of Deploying VOAD resources Community Action Program: Case Management of Affected Homes. Communicates with VNH to get Resources to Affected Homes. VOAD Members: Prepared to Send Their Resources to Identified Homes.
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Governor’s Office - HSEM Communication/Deployment Chart Case Managers Community Action Programs Home Owners Town Personnel
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Flood Recovery: Basement “mud out.” Mold & Mildew removal/mitigation Food Services EXAMPLES of VOAD SERVICES
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More Services; Case Assessment Chain Saw Teams Debris Clean up and Removal Disaster Relief Funds Sheltering and shelter support Warming Stations Transportable Showers Information, Training, Preparedness… And more…. www.volunteernh.org
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER
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Relationship to NH VOAD Parent organization Provides communication network Helps facilitate COAD development Source of assistance
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