Volunteerism in Civil Defense

The importance of volunteering :
Volunteering in disasters is an important element in all phases of a disaster, not just during a disaster, as everyone thinks. The disaster is often measured by the loss of human lives and loss of property. Voluntary entity consists of citizens who volunteer to assist the Civil Defense  in the implementation of its duties, which is concerned with overcoming emergency conditions and circumstances through field work to the possible extent to assist the Civil Defense  in dealing with incidents until the arrival of the Civil Defense  teams.


Objectives of the voluntary teams :
1. Spreading the spirit of awareness and belonging among citizens and their contribution to the service of the homeland and the need of others .
2. Enhancing preventive awareness among citizens .
3. Forming trained and organized volunteer teams to support Civil Defense  in dealing with emergencies and disasters.
4. Benefiting from the experience of the Civil Defense  retirees in the work of voluntary teams and in training other volunteers .


The role of the General Directorate of Civil Defense  in volunteering :
A. Training volunteer teams on the civil defense duties .
B. Supervising the duties of the voluntary teams.
C. Overseeing the equipments and devices under its custody and handing them over as needed in coordination with the local civil defense committees .


The general rights of the volunteer:
1. Insure the treatment of volunteers who are injured during the training or implementation of volunteer work in hospitals and governmental medical centers in accordance with the provisions of the effective civil health insurance system .
2. Provide those volunteers who have incurred total or partial disability due to the implementation of volunteer work with appropriate compensation, according to the assessment of the medical committees in the Ministry of Health .
3. Provide families of the volunteers who died during carrying out voluntary work