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State service corps credited with improving volunteer response, chief service officer says
Summary
A state official said a recently expanded service corps gives officials resources to organize and deploy volunteers in disasters, a change compared with earlier responses such as during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A questioner asked whether the current disaster response differs from past events, noting the official’s experience with the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commenter, Questioner, asked, “I mean, is that 1 thing that you see as a difference from maybe previous disasters? I know you were with the state through the COVID 19 pandemic, but, yeah, how does this compare to what you've seen as chief service officer and other on the ground situations?”
Chief Service Officer (unnamed), the state's chief service officer, said the main difference is the presence of an organized service corps built up by the governor and legislature in recent years. “The fact that we have a service corps now, that the the governor and the legislature have built up over the last few years, that gives us the resources to respond and to organize volunteers and deploy volunteers where they are needed, as new and it's showing it's having an impact. It's it's showing real results,” the chief service officer said.
The exchange contrasted the current structure — a service corps that can be mobilized across incidents — with previous emergency responses when that organizational capacity did not exist or was smaller. No formal actions, votes, or policy changes were recorded in the transcript excerpt.
