Article Out Loud – Volunteers: Incident Management Assets or Liabilities?

Full article by David Wells, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, July 31, 2024. In this feature article, the director of disaster relief for a faith-based nonprofit describes how his organization has refined its volunteer program over the past 57 years of disaster response in the U.S. and abroad. His experience shows that responses are often only effective if volunteers and their teams are properly trained, prepared, motivated, and deployed. Listen to expert insights and best practices for driving the mission, boosting the response effort, and ensuring a positive outcome for each incident recovery effort.