Our next New Volunteer training is Saturday and Sunday, January 18 and 19, 2025. Click here to register!
During ordinary disaster incidents only NVADG-trained Disaster Service Worker (DSW) volunteers are activated for emergency sheltering and evacuation.
Working with animals during disasters requires training before the disaster strikes.
As a Community Animal Response Team (CART), NVADG volunteers must take the minimum 16-hour New Volunteer training class, get a background check, and be a sworn Disaster Service Worker for Butte County. Volunteers train all year on processes unique to emergency response during disasters and NVADG’s Shelterly technology. Incident Command System knowledge is required. Team members depend on each other to know what and how to follow protocols. This knowledge is essential to keep everyone safe: workers, the public and the animals.
If you are considering volunteering with NVADG we’d love to have you! The required new volunteer orientation and awareness training is offered every January over the 3rd weekend. Plan now to attend! All volunteers continue training through June. Registration opens around mid-November. Watch for more information!
Due to the complexity of this training, we only offer it once a year.