KC Metro C.O.A.D.

The 4th Annual Simulation of a Volunteer Reception Center will be held on Saturday, April 5th at the First Baptist Church of Raytown from 9a.m. to NOON. This Simulation is designed to prepare leadership teams from various Metro Disaster Response agencies to prepare for a major disaster which would require hundreds of volunteers to credentialed and/or refered to agencies needing workers and volunteers. This simulation is held annually in a significant region of the Metro area. Leadership is provdied by the VRC Task Force of the KC METRO COAD. The public is encouraged and invited to participate in this simulation.

If you are looking for documents or information available to the general public go directly to the Documents and Download Page.

Kansas City Metro COAD (Community Organizations Active In Disasters) is a "voluntary organization" with members from A to Z from the local community all of whom are concerned about working together to respond to people and the community in a coordinated manner to meet the needs of victims of disasters of all kind, natural and human initiated.

We invite you to explore the pages of this Web site to find information and resources which might be helpful to you or to the organization you represent. Feel free to contact the members of the COAD if you need more help or have requests of a special nature.

Below you see the 4 C's which are at the heart of the COAD's mission and vision:

Communicate ... with each organization, government agencies in disaster and the general public

Collaborate ... in ways that best serve the cause of "disaster response"

Cooperate ... to assist each and all organizations serving victims of disaster

Coordinate ... resources, materials, information and services