Volunteer with us
When an emergency happens, a lot of volunteers with a wide range of skills are required to help get things back to normal.
Becoming a volunteer can be a great way to learn some new skills and give back to your community.
Emergency Management Training
What is training?
Understand your role before, during and after an emergency. Whether that’s working behind the scenes in a coordination or supporting your local community on the ground training, joining local training and exercising is a great way to familiarise yourself with the team and your role.
Community Training
Community training is aimed at people who want to support their local community during an emergency, This includes training for volunteers will might be working in Community Emergency Hubs, with a focus on practical skills such as helping connect people with information, resources they need, or triaging people as they arrive a centres.
Coordination Centre
Coordination Centre training is designed for council staff, partner agencies and stakeholders who may be involved in emergency response in the coordination centres. This training is largely based on the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) and focuses on how agencies work together, share information and manage incidents in a structure and coordinated way.
Get in touch
Get in touch if you are interested using the form below. Our team can help you understand what training might be right for you or your organisation.
Volunteer with our Partners
We work with our partner agencies such as Red Cross, Salvation Army, Lions Club NZ, Neighbour Support and many others who provide services and know their local community well.
To find out more about volunteering with some of our partners please visit their websites or check out Volunteering New Plymouth.
Volunteering New Plymouth
Volunteering New Plymouth is an association of volunteer centres, national and other organisations with a commitment to volunteering.
They can put you in touch with a number of volunteering opportunities.