Special training is a must and is provided for potential Early Response Team members. Otherwise, well-intentioned people might disqualify victims from further help that may be available. Safety for the Early Response Team and for the victims is always a primary concern. How To Help Each annual conference will be looking for individuals and groups that would like to prepare themselves for early-response mission work. In most disasters, work teams are needed to do everything from removing debris, to offering care for children, to helping rebuild.
Timing is an important factor.
Only the leadership on the scene can determine when help is needed and what the nature of the help will be. In return you will be sent a packet on the preparations you or your group should make. The call to come into the disaster area will come from the conference-level Disaster Response Team on the scene. The conference disaster-response coordinator will decide on the appropriateness of inviting volunteer teams into the area. This judgment will be based on the nature of the work that can be done at various stages, the ease or difficulty of travel within the affected area, and whether the local leadership can manage the oversight of your work team.