Emergency Support Services Volunteers

The RDN Emergency Services team provides Emergency Support Services (ESS) across our region as part of disaster preparedness, response and recovery. 

What do ESS volunteers do?

As an integral part of the RDN Emergency Services program, ESS volunteers can:

• Help people meet their basic needs during a disaster
• Reunite families separated by disaster
• Help people to re-establish themselves as quickly as possible after a disaster

Across BC, ESS volunteers are prepared to assist their local community in the event of a crisis. When an emergency or disaster affects a community, ESS volunteers help provide the essential services necessary to sustain people until the community can return to pre-disaster conditions. During an emergency, trained support teams such as ESS can make times of crisis easier to manage. The general public can help with disaster response too, by becoming as informed and prepared as possible.

Interested in volunteering? Learn more.