The Washington County Health Department accepts volunteers for emergency preparedness activities and a various health promotion activities.

Recruits and coordinates teams of local volunteer medical and public health professionals who can contribute their skills and expertise throughout the year as well as during times of community need. Activities may include treatment of victims of a mass disaster or epidemic, staffing of an emergency vaccination clinic, assisting with flu clinics, or providing educational sessions for the public.

Offers opportunities to serve as a volunteer and/or paramedic. Provides the required training to be certified as a firefighter in the state of Ohio.

Volunteer opportunities include: - Disaster action team members: Would assist with client case work, work with fire families. - Install smoke alarms. - Office work: Receptionist. put newsletter together, data entry. - Events: Power of the Purse in May - selling raffle tickets, set up the night before and tear down after, help with tables at the event.

United Way provides volunteer opportunities both for individuals and corporate volunteers. Volunteer can search the web site to find volunteer opportunities , track their hours and explore community volunteer events. United Way also maintain The Volunteer Reception Center (VRC) provides a place where large numbers of volunteers can be efficiently processed and referred to agencies needing their services. The screening process is implemented by representatives of the Clark County United Way, the Clark County Citizen's Corps and the Clark County Volunteer Manager's Association. The processed used to screen these volunteers provides an easy way to document who is being registered and expenses incurred. Those expenses can later be used for Local matches for recovery funds, if available.

Provides Emergency services to the residents of Clark County.

The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.

Provides a volunteer program with medical and non-medical volunteers who assist and support local public health efforts before, during, and after an emergency. Also assist during non-emergency public health activities.

Day volunteers for the TORNADO disaster should report to Samaritan's Purse (and NOT at the municipal building), through April 6, 2024.

Recruits and trains volunteers for surge capacity during a public health emergency. Provides specialized services to the community during and after natural disasters, epidemics, accidents (fires, chemical spills, broken water or sewer structures), and potential bio-terror attacks. Participates in disaster preparedness exercises and simulated emergencies to evaluate and better coordinate local emergency response.

Provides volunteer opportunities for those who wish to help with relief efforts during disasters.

Offers free volunteer training sessions on basic disaster relief. Actively seeks volunteers to serve as Drivers, Instructors, Disaster Action Team members, Emergency Response Vehicle Drivers, and Blood Services assistants.

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may occur where they live. CERT trains volunteers in basic disaster response skills, such as: fire safety, light search and rescue , team organization , and disaster medical operations.

Provides assistance for victims of local disasters including financial and mental health counseling. Also provides preparedness and response training for major disasters and community disaster education.

Provides volunteer opportunities for those who wish to help with relief efforts during disasters.

Provides a wide range volunteer opportunities including: blood donor ambassadors, disaster assistance, contacting military personnel and their families, blood delivery to hospitals, smoke alarm installations, and more.

The Red Cross has a critical need for new volunteers in the Newark area to help with both disaster response efforts during the 2020 hurricane and wildfire season as well as local blood drive volunteer help (volunteer ambassador workers). Learn more about volunteering at www.redcross.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer/urgent-need-for-volunteers.html.

This agency provides coordination of emergency response, homeland security, crisis response team, citizen corp, medical reserve corp and (CERT) Community Emergency Response Team.

Volunteer opportunities include: Disaster response- in county and out; Fundraising; Staff blood drives; drive blood to Columbus; Receptionist or office work, put newsletter together, data entry.

Program under Ohio Citizen Corps umbrella. Offers a community-based, civilian, volunteer program. Uses volunteers to help strengthen local public health infrastructure and respond to disasters across the state or nation.

The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national network of volunteers, organized locally to improve the health and safety of their communities. In Licking County, more than 150 volunteers from communities in the county who work in and around the health care field are members of the MRC, and are willing and able to assist local first responders and healthcare professionals should a natural or manmade emergency occur. The Licking County MRC is led by a coordinator at the Health Department and a Planning Committee. The Planning Committee is a group of MRC members who are responsible for steering the actions and policies of the group.

Recruits and trains volunteers for surge capacity during a public health emergency. Provides specialized services to the community during and after natural disasters, epidemics, accidents (fires, chemical spills, broken water or sewer structures), and potential bio-terror attacks. Participates in disaster preparedness exercises and simulated emergencies to evaluate and better coordinate local emergency response.

Volunteer opportunities include: - Disaster action team members: Would assist with client case work, work with fire families. - Install smoke alarms. - Office work: Receptionist. put newsletter together, data entry. - Events: Power of the Purse in May - selling raffle tickets, set up the night before and tear down after, help with tables at the event.

The Clark County Combined Health District has a Public Information Officer who distributes information to the media and community in times of disaster. They house the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) that provides trained medical volunteers when a disaster occurs. Provides information on disaster preparedness.