Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

The Allegheny County Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (AC-VOAD) is a humanitarian association of independent voluntary organizations who may be active in all phases of disaster guided by the core principles of cooperation, communication, coordination, and collaboration. The mission is to foster efficient, streamlined service delivery to people affected by disaster, while eliminating unnecessary duplication of effort, through cooperation in the five phases of emergency management: prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation.

AC-VOAD is not a competing or exclusionary organization. The AC-VOAD organization is intended to be a network for all organizations active in disaster within the borders of the County of Allegheny. Each AC-VOAD member organization maintains its own identity and independence while closely collaborating with other member organizations, inter-faiths, and municipal, county, regional, state, and federal authorities.

Current Members of AC-VOAD

• 171st Air Refueling Wing
• Allegheny County Department of Health
• Allegheny County Dept. of Human Services
• Allegheny County Emergency Services
• American Red Cross
• Bethany Presbyterian Church
• Brother's Brother Foundation
• Center for Victims
• City of Pittsburgh, Dept of Public Safety
• Disaster Aid USA
• Global Links
• Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
• Lutheran Disaster Response
• Neighborhood Resilience Project
• North Hills Community Outreach
• PA 211 SW
• PA Emergency Response Center
• PEMA - Western Area Office
• Presbyterian Project
• Salvation Army
• South Hills Interfaith Movement
• Team Rubicon
• Western PA CERT
• WPAUMC/UMCOR

If your organization would like to join the Allegheny County VOAD, please download and follow the instructions to complete the Application and Cooperative Agreement(PDF, 380KB).