Emergency Volunteering
Queenslanders are no strangers to disasters and emergencies including drought, fire, flood and disease, and from experience, we know that volunteers are vital in the disaster recovery phase.
You can make a difference by becoming an Emergency Volunteer.
Communities and organisations rely on long-term support from volunteers to provide clean-up, essential goods delivery, care, comfort and personal support to affected communities.
As an emergency volunteer, you will be joining tens of thousands of Queenslanders on standby to assist in times of disaster should help be needed.
What is EV CREW?
Over 46,000 referrals have been made
to volunteer involving organisations
since 2011
Volunteering Queensland has partnered with the Queensland Government and Volunteering ACT to create the EV CREW program.
EV CREW stands for Emergency Volunteering Community Response to Extreme Weather. EV CREW connects councils and community organisations with people who want to help with disaster recovery efforts.
Through EV CREW, Volunteering Queensland facilitates the placement of volunteers with the required skills, availability and locality into the areas of the community that need help the most.
Since our EV CREW service began in 2008, we’ve made over 46,000 volunteer referrals to over 200 disaster preparation or recovery programs.
The difference that emergency volunteers can make to a disaster-affected family, community group or business is immeasurable – even months and years after an extreme weather event.
