Emergency Volunteering

Volunteers fulfil a range of roles in an emergency, including community coordination, practical tasks, welfare, logistics, intel services and more, and come from all walks of life. Devoting your time to volunteering with Civil Defence can be both rewarding and challenging.

Volunteering Waikato maintains a database of people who are happy to be contacted for assistance in the event of a Civil Defence, or other, emergency.

🚨📢🆘CIVIL DEFENCE VOLUNTEER INTAKE IS NOW OPEN FOR 2025🚨📢🆘

Please check out the two roles that are currently advertised:

Emergency Management Office - Administration, IT & Creative content
Emergency Management - Response Support

If you are interested in these roles please apply directly on the role rather than below

Would you like to help out? Here's how it works:

• Complete the application with your contact details and skills that you have to offer (you must be 18+ and live in the Waikato).
• If an emergency situation arises, your details are made available to Civil Defence or the relevant lead agency.
• Depending on the situation, you may be contacted and asked if you can assist.
• You can change your details or opt out at any time

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