Registered Disaster Service Worker volunteers are persons who have chosen to volunteer their time to assist a disaster or emergency services agency in carrying out the responsibilities of that agency.

The person must:

§         be officially registered with the accredited Disaster Council; and,

§         not receive any pay, monetary or otherwise, for the service being provided.

“Disaster Service Worker” includes public employees performing disaster work that is outside the course and scope of their regular employment without pay…” (Labor Code, 3211.92(b).

For more information regarding the Disaster Service Worker program, please contact the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services at (805) 654-2551.