Meetings and Events

Marin VOAD partners meet every other month to discuss disaster preparedness, learn about disaster response, or debrief about recent disasters. Meetings cover topics like financial reimbursement or building Continuity Of Operations Plans (COOPs), wildfire response planning, disaster communications, helping underserved communities prepare for disasters and much more. Marin VOAD will also hold frequent drills and exercises to test emergency management plans, communications, and collaboration. During disasters we will hold daily conference or video calls as needed.

We also convene an annual conference or workshop when possible. Our last conference was in 2019 on Building the Framework of Disaster Response and we held the first ever Countywide Tabletop Exercise to build coordination in disaster response and recovery with 26 nonprofit partners and local and County government agencies in June, 2024.

Monthly Meetings

Marin VOAD meets the every other month on the 2nd Wednesday from 9:30-11:00am.

Upcoming meetings for 2024

  • Oct 9: Great Shakeout Planning
  • Dec 11: Sea Level Rise Evacuation Planning

Past meeting topics from 2018-2024

  • Apr 10, 2024: Strengthening CBO Disaster Readiness
  • Oct 11, 2023: Great Shakeout Earthquake Tabletop Exercise and Radio Communications
  • Sep 13, 2023: National Preparedness Month: Individual and Organizational Disaster Preparedness
  • Jul 12: 2023: Wildfire Response Planning and Woodward Fire (2020) Recovery
  • May 10, 2023: Marin VOAD Strategic Review; Golden Eagle Regional Exercise Planning
  • Mar 8, 2023: Cost Reimbursement process and Insurance coverage
  • Dec 4, 2022: Severe Weather Emergency Shelter Activations
  • Oct 12, 2022: The Great Shakeout Tabletop Exercise: Earthquake Preparedness
  • Aug 10, 2022: Equity and Disaster Preparedness: Helping Underserved Communities
  • Jun 6, 2021: Building your Organization’s Emergency Management Plan
  • May 11, 2022: Tabletop Exercise: Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Communications
  • Apr 13, 2022: Applying Lessons Learned from Covid-19 to Other Emergencies
  • Feb 9, 2022: Tsunami Advisory and Collaborative Emergency Response
  • Jan 12, 2022: Organizational Continuity of Operations with Omicron, the New Covid-19 Variant
  • Sep 8, 2021: National Preparedness Month: Personal Disaster Preparedness
  • May 12, 2021: How to Build and Lead an After Action Review
  • May 13, 2020: Bi-Monthly Covid-19 update: The Toll on Mental Health
  • Oct 16, 2019: Public Safety Power Shutoff After Action Review
  • May 13, 2019: Disaster Reimbursement and Public Assistance Programs
  • Aug 22, 2018: Setting up a Local Assistance Center