Volunteer

Are you keen to volunteer to help your community in an emergency?

At Selwyn we have three different types of volunteering.

Community Volunteers

Across Selwyn there are more than 30 community teams ready to respond in an emergency to support their local area. With the support of Selwyn Emergency Management, these teams are encouraged to support their community and open a Community Response Hub where the community can gather during an event.

New Community Response Team members are welcome to join at anytime.

Emergency Support Volunteers

The Selwyn Emergency Support Team are trained to open and operate a Civil Defence Centre, providing support to people who have to evacuate their homes in an emergency.

There is an annual intake for new Emergency Support Team members to apply to join this team.

Response Team Volunteers

The Selwyn Response Team is known as NZRT 21. They are a nationally accredited team that can provide light rescue, flood response, storm response, cordon and traffic management, reconnaissance, and perform other specialist tasks.

There is an annual intake for new Response Team members to apply to join this team. Find out more about the team

If you would like to know more about any of these teams, please send an email to cdem.team@selwyn.govt.nz