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Church and VOAD outline countywide volunteer emergency response, cite Ether Hollow planning
Summary
Church welfare managers and VOAD representatives briefed the commission on volunteer roles in pre‑ and post‑disaster response, describing sandbagging, evacuation drills, and an Ether Hollow contingency with sandbag events and an evacuation center; presenters asked officials to treat faith‑based groups as resource partners in emergencies.
Representatives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints and Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) told the Utah County Commission on June 23 that faith‑based groups and nonprofits can supply facilities, equipment and volunteers for both pre‑ and post‑disaster response.
Kevin Lohse, a welfare and self‑reliance services manager for the church, described managers’ roles in assessing needs, facilitating access to church buildings for evacuations and coordinating supplies…
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