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East Tennessee Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters ET VOAD

East Tennessee Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters ET VOAD. Charles Richard (Bud) Yard, Ph.D., M.P.H. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Remediation DOE Oversight Office Bud.Yard@tn.gov. ET VOAD. Membership Organizations: Second Harvest Food Bank

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East Tennessee Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters ET VOAD

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  1. East Tennessee Voluntary Organizations Active in DisastersET VOAD Charles Richard (Bud) Yard, Ph.D., M.P.H. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Remediation DOE Oversight Office Bud.Yard@tn.gov October 14, 2015

  2. ET VOAD October 14, 2015 Membership Organizations: • Second Harvest Food Bank • Catholic Charities of East Tennessee • The Salvation Army • Adventist Community Services • State of Tennessee - Department of Health (Regional Office) • State of Tennessee - Department of Environment and Conservation • Coalfield Fire Depart. Morgan County LEPC • Southern Baptist Disaster Relief • Tennessee Emergency Services Chaplain’s Association • Compassion Coalition

  3. ET VOAD October 14, 2015 Membership Organizations (continued) Knox County Emergency Management Agency Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Lutheran Disaster Relief American Red Cross (Blount County Chapter) American Red Cross (East Tennessee) Civil Air Patrol Disaster Animal Response Team Remote Area Medical (RAM) Team Rubican

  4. ET VOAD October 14, 2015 Membership Organizations (continued) Holston Conference United Methodist Church Radio Amateur Club East The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Cumberland Gap Baptist Association Disaster Relief Presbytery East Tennessee Disaster Response Church World Services New Hope Church of God/Sevierville Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee

  5. ET VOAD’S MISSION October 14, 2015 ET VOAD is a consortium of recognized voluntary organizations active in disaster relief. It’s mission is to foster, through cooperation in mitigation and response, more effective service to people affected (imperiled or impacted) by disasters.

  6. VOAD’s Purpose October 14, 2015 To bring together voluntary organizations active in disaster to foster more efficient services to people affected by disasters in East Tennessee through: a) Cooperation b) Coordination c) Communication d) Collaboration, e) Education f) mitigation at all community levels, including government agencies

  7. MEETING FREQUENCY October 14, 2015 (Quarterly at a Minimum) 1st Thursday of February, May, August, and November Special meetings may be arranged in response to “Time Critical, but non emergency issues affecting the organization” emergency meetings . . . For the purpose of coordinating a response to a disaster

  8. Tennessee VOAD Chapters October 14, 2015 Tennessee VOAD (Nashville) East Tennessee VOAD (Knoxville) Southeast Tennessee VOAD (Chattanooga) Northeast Tennessee VOAD (Johnson City, Kingsport)

  9. What is National VOAD ?Arlington, Virginia http://www.nvoad.org/ October 14, 2015 a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that serves as the forum where organizations share knowledge and resources throughout the disaster cycle—preparation, response, recovery and mitigation—to help communities prepare for and recover from disasters. includes over 50 of the country’s most reputable national organizations (faith-based, community-based and other non-governmental organizations) and 56 State/Territory VOADs.

  10. Functional SupportProvided by VOAD October 14, 2015 • Coordinated Volunteer Response • Response Resources • Recovery Resources • Spontaneous Volunteer Management

  11. Coordinated Volunteer Response October 14, 2015 Multi–organization communication National event communication Needs determination Coordination of response efforts Ability to better target and reduce potential duplications of effort

  12. Response Process(How and when do we deploy ?) October 14, 2015 Note: VOAD is not a first Response Organization. ET VOAD responds as requested by and is coordinated through: The Red Cross Local Emergency Management Agency Government Agencies The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

  13. Response Functions: October 14, 2015 Mass feeding Chain saw teams Repair and rebuild homes

  14. Response/Recovery Equipment October 14, 2015 Mobile Kitchens Shower Trailers Chain Saw Equipment Repair/rebuild equipment Flood recovery units

  15. Long Term Recovery October 14, 2015 Is a key VOAD function requiring: Community Resources and Involvement Long Term Recovery Participation

  16. Spontaneous Volunteer Management October 14, 2015 Referral location Volunteer processing and Screening Coordinated Dispatching

  17. For more Information October 14, 2015 East Tennessee VOAD Web Site http://etvoad.org/ National web site http://www.nvoad.org/ or Charles Richard (Bud) Yard, Ph.D. at Bud.Yard@tn.gov

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