American Disaster Reserve, 35th Brigade
Cause Area
- Computers & Technology
- Emergency & Safety
- Health & Medicine
Location
P. O. Box 799Glen Allen, VA 23060 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
To provide highly reliable disaster information services to state and local government agencies and to voluntary organizations active in disasters with which we hold memorandums of agreement. To do so both on the Internet and with deployable teams that provide services from disaster sites. To provide a capability for rapid information gathering, assessment, and fusion in response to disasters as they develop.
Description
An organization of regular service volunteers with a focus on disaster response and recovery who operate The Virtual Emergency Operations Center, an emergency management Internet site. The American Disaster Reserve is a uniformed disaster response volunteer organization which provides trained emergency management volunteers. We are organized in an Incident Command System organizational structure. Volunteers must swear the Virginia Emergency Services Oath, and become regular service volunteers for a state government agency.