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Become a Volunteer

Civil Defence Emergency Management relies on you as a member of the community to help during emergencies.

The time that CDEM volunteers put into building, maintaining and sharing their skills is an essential element in making our communities more resilient. 

In return for donating their time, CDEM volunteers receive the satisfaction of being able to make a valuable contribution to the community at times of dire need.  They also have an opportunity to gain self-confidence, as well as a range of skills that they can take into the workplace or other volunteer organisations.

Although all local authorities in Canterbury use volunteers within their CDEM organisations, the roles available in each community do vary. Other emergency response organisations, such as St John Ambulance, Fire Service and Rural Fire, also rely on volunteers during emergencies. Volunteers play and important part in our communities.

The range of CDEM volunteer opportunities include:

• Emergency Welfare
  Registration
  Accommodation Coordination
  Catering
  Psycho-social services
• Civil Defence Sector/Area Posts
  Coordination
  Administration
  Radio-telephone communications
  Emergency Welfare
  Community Emergency Response Teams
• Rescue
• Community Emergency Response Teams
  Emergency Welfare
  Light Rescue
  Emergency roofing
  Sandbagging
• Emergency Operations Centres
  Coordination
  Intelligence and Planning
  Logistics
  Administration
  Radio/Information Technology Communications
  Geographic Information Systems
  Public Information Management
• Recovery
  Coordination and Planning
  Impact assessment - social, built environment, environmental
  Psycho-social
  Built environment - inspection, restoration/security, demolition, construction
  Natural Environment
  Economic
  Public Information Management
  Rural Community
  Administration

If you would like to find out more about becoming a CDEM volunteer in your community, please contact the CDEM officer/manager for your community.

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