Community Resilience Projects

Do you have an idea for a new project that will help increase your community’s long-term resilience? Post it here to request volunteers, resources, donations, fundraisers, partners, and sponsors. Ongoing projects and organizations involved with community resilience are welcome, too. And if you’ve been involved in a project that has wrapped up, feel free to share the details so that others can learn from your experiences.

And for now, until we get our forum up and running, we recommend that you set up a Slack group to organize your project with the people who would like to get involved.

Bell Canyon volunteer fire crew

Bell Canyon, California, US

Status: Ongoing Project

Seeking:

Type: emergency_responseType: preparedness_and_mitigationBell Canyon, California, US

Example of a community that formed their own fire department

By Thrivespring

This is a sample project based on an article in the Guardian about the residents of a community that got together and created a volunteer fire department. Bell Canyon is a small community in Californi...
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New Base for Derby Mountain Rescue Team

Derby, East Midlands, UK

Status: New Project

Seeking: corporate_sponsorsdonationsfundraisersresources

Type: emergency_responseDerby, East Midlands, UK

Please help us build our new base

By DerbyMountainRescueTeam

We have been looking for a new base for some time now and have been successful in buying a small piece of land at Mackworth near Derby. It is a small field that will allow us to build our ideal, purpo...
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Watersafe UK Search and Rescue

East Midlands, UK

Status: Ongoing Project

Seeking: corporate_sponsorsdonationsfundraiserspartnersresourcesvolunteers

Type: community_assistanceType: emergency_responseEast Midlands, UK

Volunteers needed to help provide response and operational support with water rescue, flooding and missing people

By WUKSART

Join Watersafe UK Search & Rescue Team To become an operational team member, you will need to be over 18yrs and be reasonably physically fit. You must able to attend at least 50% of team training ...
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Bainbridge Island Disaster Hubs

Bainbridge Island, Washington, US

Status: Ongoing Project

Seeking: corporate_sponsorsdonationsfundraisersparticipantspartnersresourcesvolunteers

Type: emergency_responseType: preparedness_and_mitigationBainbridge Island, Washington, US

Taking care of ourselves and our neighbors during a disaster…

By BainbridgePrepares

Following a massive earthquake in the region, it is very likely that Bainbridge Island will be unable to access the rest of Kitsap County or Seattle via the Agate Bridge or the Washington State Ferry ...
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Bainbridge Island Emergency Medical Responders

Bainbridge Island, Washington, US

Status: Ongoing Project

Seeking: corporate_sponsorsdonationsfundraisersparticipantspartnersresourcesvolunteers

Type: emergency_responseBainbridge Island, Washington, US

Join our emergency medical responders team

By BainbridgePrepares

The Bainbridge Island Emergency Medical Responders (BIEMRs) team was founded in the fall of 2017. Members are volunteers who successfully complete the Wilderness First Responder one-week hybrid course...
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Bainbridge Island Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service (BEARS)

Bainbridge Island, Washington, US

Status: Ongoing Project

Seeking: corporate_sponsorsdonationsfundraisersparticipantspartnersresourcesvolunteers

Type: communicationsType: emergency_responseBainbridge Island, Washington, US

Volunteers needed for our Emergency Auxiliary Radio Service

By BainbridgePrepares

The BEARS team works with community stakeholders to develop unified, cohesive, robust, and efficient systems for communication before, during, and after a large scale incident, possibly in the absence...
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Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team Plymouth

Plymouth, South West, UK

Status: Ongoing Project

Seeking: fundraisers

Type: emergency_responsePlymouth, South West, UK

Join our fundraising team (Team 4 Support)

By DSRTPlymouth

We are looking for creative and dedicated people to help us keep our life saving organisation going. Dartmoor Search and Rescue team Plymouth is a voluntary organisation, a registered charity funded b...
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Greater London Mobile Charging Team

Guildford, Surrey, UK

Status: New Project

Seeking: corporate_sponsorspartnersresourcesvolunteers

Type: communicationsType: emergency_responseGuildford, Surrey, UK

Should we set up a mobile emergency charging team for Greater London?

By Thrivespring

Inspired by the concept behind the Citizen Power Brigade, let's organise a mobile emergency charging team to respond to disasters in and around Greater London, and help people charge their phones and ...
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Cambridgeshire 4X4 Response

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

Status: New Project

Seeking: corporate_sponsorsdonationsfundraiserspartnersresourcesvolunteers

Type: emergency_responseCambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

Cambridgeshire needs a 4X4 Response team

By Thrivespring

Cambridgeshire needs a 4X4 Response team, so let's get one going. It is an area that is prone to flooding and would definitely benefit from having a 4X4 Response team in the area. We need people who o...
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