Founded 1789

Disaster Preparedness

The Village of Scottsville, Town of Wheatland, the Fire Districts of Scottsville and Mumford, and the Wheatland-Chili School District have been planning emergency responses for disasters and pandemics.

What Can You Do?

Volunteers are needed to assist in case there is a pandemic outbreak, such as the H1N1 virus, natural disasters, or other emergencies that could tie up personnel and cause disruption to "normal" day-to-day life.  Lower-scale issues, such as an ice storm, could limit transportation and logistics around the surrounding areas for a number of days.  During these periods, certain people (elderly and shut-ins, for example) may need to be checked on.  We would like to have some volunteers available to make rounds to check on these people to be sure they have the necessities, such as food, heat, etc.

In the case of a pandemic, we may need people to assist the coordinators in traffic control, logistics of people, distribution of medicine, elder care, food, and other related concerns.  Since we are looking at an around-the-clock scenario, we would need more volunteers to help make these functions successful.  We have coordinators, directors, and the lines of communications and leadership set up. We are looking for people who could spell relief for several shifts throughout a disaster response.

These are just two examples of what we have been investing much time and effort planning, and we are presently not in an emergency situation.  However, if we ever have to put a plan into practice, we could use many more people to make this as smooth as possible.

No Skills Necessary

Although citizens with special skills (i.e., nurse, doctor) are always a plus, we can use anyone that is willing to volunteer and help out the community. With a training session or two we can have you set up and ready to fulfill a specific task when and should the need arise.If you are interested in additional training, visit the Community Emergency Response Training & Service (CERT) web site.

Will you do your part?

Simply fill out the volunteer form and submit it to the Village Office. Someone will contact you so set up a date and time to discuss what we are looking for. Forms can also be obtained at the Village Office at 22 Main Street, Scottsville.

Your community thanks you for your help!