Voluntary Organizations Active Disaster (VOAD)

VOAD is a national non-operational umbrella organization, which gives each of its members the privilege of independently- but cooperatively- providing and implementing its resources when responding to disasters. VOAD is committed to the philosophy that the time to train, prepare, and become acquainted with each other is best achieved prior to the time of actual disaster response.

The Brevard County VOAD meets on a regular basis to plan for and to educate the members about how they may service their community during and after a disaster.  The organization seeks to prevent the duplication of effort by coordinating the availability of needed services in disasters such as fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, flash floods and hazardous materials spills.  Examples of their resources are: food or clothing distribution, search and rescue, temporary housing, childcare, talent bank and stress disorder counseling.  Brevard VOAD is the sponsor of the BREVARD COUNTY DISASTER SHOWCASE held annually at the Melbourne Auditorium in May.

Organizations interested in becoming involved can contact VOAD:

The Brevard Chairman is Jim Bentley.  His Email address is:

jwmbentley@cfl.rr.com and his cell phone is (321) 258-2460.

VOAD meets on the second Thursday of each month at 9:00 AM at the Solar Energy Center, BCC Cocoa Campus, 1679 Clearlake Road.