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Cost of Emergency Management Volunteering

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 reimbursement and exclude the cost of items fully provided by volunteer organisations.

This report is based on findings from the national survey carried out from May to July 2006. A total of 2,982 questionnaires were distributed and 702 were returned, giving a response rate of 24%. About 70% of the volunteers in this survey were between 35 and 64 years. The respondents were predominantly male (60%) with 44% having a personal income of more than $40,000 per annum. The predominant reasons given for volunteering were altruistic and the main factor inhibiting further volunteering was family or work commitments.