Q: What is a Disaster Relief Volunteer?
A: A Disaster Relief Volunteer can be quickly called upon for local disaster response; such as hurricanes, floods, fires, etc. as needed in Hernando County. The purpose of this initiative is to help ensure the readiness of the community to manage un-affiliated volunteers in the aftermath of disaster through community collaboration, planning, training and exercising of emergency procedures. The program was designed to build new alliances between volunteer managers and a variety of emergency management, first responder and community organizations.