Volunteers Active in Disasters – Community Resources Council

Shawnee County Regional Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (SNCO-RVOAD)

Vision Statement: The Shawnee County Regional VOAD facilitates the effective and efficient provision of comprehensive disaster services for residents of Shawnee County, ensuring that there will be neither inadvertent gaps nor unnecessary duplications of efforts.

Mission Statement: The Shawnee County Regional VOAD will facilitate the efforts of its affiliated agencies to ensure that citizens of Shawnee County can successfully, quickly and fully prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters that likely could impact, presently are impacting or recently have had impact on them.

Goals: The mission of the SNCO-RVOAD shall be accomplished and the vision realized by achieving the following goals:

Create a climate of cooperation, trust, and commitment among SNCO-RVOAD agency members and the Shawnee County community.
Develop an effective disaster plan in order to ensure collaborative, effective, and timely disaster response.
Prepare the SNCO-RVOAD member agencies to respond to disasters by:

Core Values: