How Can We Support Communities?
Community Emergency Volunteer Unit
The Community Emergency Volunteer Unit is CAVRA's core operations. These localised units, operating in a town or local council area provide trained and uniformed volunteers that are able to support emergency services, local authorities and their local community in the following situations.
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Post Flooding/Severe Weather clear up
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Evacuation/Rest Center Administration/Support
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Door to door information sharing/evacuation
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4x4 Vehicle Support
We are continuously looking for new Community Emergency Volunteers, so please head to our Join Us page for more information.
National Emergency Resilience Support Unit
This unit provides a national capability for specialist operations. Currently, this is split into four sub-sections
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Rescue Unit - split into Water Based Rescue, and Land Based Rescue. Our Water Rescue Teams are trained in accordance with DEFRA National Flood Rescue requirements, and our Land Rescue Teams undertake training provided by UKLSI.
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Communications Unit – provides radio communications capabilities in areas where there is insufficient signal, or infrastructure is deemed inoperative. Also responsible for the setup and operation of a VACC (Voluntary Agency Coordination Centre) which is ideal for MASHAs (Multi-Agency Strategic Holding Areas) or similar concepts. CAVRA can provided power, heat, and lighting for multi-agency use during incidents.
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Medical Unit – provides volunteers trained in basic first aid for assisting with walking wounded in SRCs.
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Emergency Catering Unit – provides food to team members on operational duty and those members of the community rendered homeless and/or deprived of normal facilities.
Volunteers are selected from the Community Emergency Volunteer Unit to progress onto the National Emergency Resilience Support Unit once they have shown dedication and commitment to the charity.
Headquaters
The volunteers within our Headquarters section includes our Senior Leadership Team, Trustees and the Administration, Health & Safety and Training Teams.
Headquarters are responsible for the strategic level of the charity, and oversee governance, training and procedure.