RESEARCH:
The Cost of Volunteering: A Report on a National Survey of Emergency Management Sector Volunteers
UNIVERSITY OR ORGANISATION: ANGLICARE Diocese of Sydney
SUBJECT: Cost of Drowning
TYPE: Survey
DATE: 2006
ANGLICARE Sydney was commissioned on behalf of the Australian Emergency Management Volunteer Forum (AEMVF) by Emergency Management Australia (EMA) to design a national survey to estimate the direct financial costs and in-kind contributions of volunteers in the emergency management sector. Such costs are those borne personally by volunteers after any reimbursemend and exclude the cost of items fully provided by volunteer organisations. This report is based on findings from the national survey.
COUNTRY
Australia
AUTHORS
Susan King
John Bellamy
Connie Donato-Hunt
JOURNAL / PUBLICATION
N/A
RESPONDENTS
702 volunteers from organisations:
Adventist Development and Relief Agency Australia
Australian Council of State Emergency Services
Australian Red Cross
Australian Volunteer Coast Guard
NSW Volunteer Rescue Association
St John Ambulance
Australia St Vincent de Paul Society
Surf Life Saving Australia
Volunteer Ambulance Officer Association of Tasmania
ACTIVITY
Rescue
ENVIRONMENT
Recovery Floods
AGE
All ages
GENDER
Male
Female
ETHNICITY
N/A
