'Professional Volunteer Disaster Survey Team (PRO-V-DST)'

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Essay One: Write a clear and well thought out essay on the following problem: "Your County Manager has just gone to a federally sponsored program on getting volunteers to support the management and administrative side of disaster and recovery portions of emergency management. The Manager attended a seminar on a program called 'Professional Volunteer Disaster Survey Team (PRO-V-DST)' which had been developed in Texas in the mid-1990's. She was quite enthusiastic about the program as it provides a network of professional building inspectors, structural engineers, and architects who form damage survey teams that could be used by State and local governments in need of help surveying damage and evaluating structures following a disaster. In assessing post disaster flood damage to structures in one county, PRO-V-DST impressed the county engineer of that county engineer, who had been overwhelmed by the number of structures requiring a determination of substantial damage, by completing its evaluation in just 2 days. The last tornado your county suffered took weeks to get the survey done and then some of it had to be done over. The County Manager was sold on this program because it would provide professional damage survey resources at what appears to be no expenses as the teams provide volunteer labor, and FEMA provides the funding for meals, lodging, and travel expenses. What difficulties would you have to overcome in implementing a similar program in your county? Would this program really be an asset? How would you handle the County Manager?"

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Running head: HANDLING PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS

Handling Professional Volunteers
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Handling Professional Volunteers
When beginning a new program that requires volunteers, a volunteer management
program or revitalizing an existing volunteer program, there is a need to engage several
processes that will create synergy in overall activities. There is a need to evaluate the needs of
the volunteer program, recruitment of volunteers, development of volunteers, supervising various
activities, evaluating and recognizing the volunteers. Additionally, there is a need to partner with
various institutions who will potentially fund the volunteer management program. The volunteer
program also has to develop a sustainable relationship with the county which requires
modification of policies and creation of positions.
To begin with, there is a need to develop a needs assessment of the county’s volunteer
needs before implementing or instituting a volunteer program (HandsOnNetwork, 2018). The
needs assessment is the process of determining the requirements of the local communities that
require to be served. This is then followed by determination of whether the volunteer program
meets the needs of the local community....


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