Become a Volunteer for Disaster
Join our Volunteers for Disaster Response Team!Join San Benito County in an event of a Disaster by becoming a member of our Medical or Non-Medical Volunteer Response Team. Your skills, at the right time, will make all the difference.
What is Volunteers for Disaster Response?
Volunteers for Disaster Response (VDR)is a network of medical or non-medical professionals organized by the San Benito County Public Health Department. VDR pre-registers medical or non-medical professionals to hlep deliver volunteer resources to the right place at the right time during a public health disaster.What do Volunteers do?
VDR volunteers support and assist the Public Health Departmetn in providing mass vaccinations, mass casualty care and other critical public health services during a declared disaster or public health emergency. Volunteers may be dispatched to a variety of sites, including emergency public health sites, shelters, clinics, and hospitals.What Skills are Needed?
Medical Professionals in a wide variety of fields licensed to practice in teh State of California are eligivle. The list includes Nurses, Physicians, Physician Assistants, Dentists, Optometrists, Veterinarians, Emergency Medical Technicans and other.
Non-Medical Volunteers are also needed to assist us in the event of a public health disaster.What About Liability?
State and federal laws offer civil liability protection to medical volunteers provided that volunteers are:
- Properly licensed or certified
- Act within the scope of thier responsibilities
- Refrain from certain conduct including gross negligence and willful or criminal misconduct
(Federal Volunteer Protection Act of 1997, the California Emergency Services Act and California Good Smaritan Laws)Contact Us:
Contact Efren Gomez at (831) 637-5367 or Samela Perez at (831) 636-4011 for more information.
