. . . "S" . . "Southampton" . "Volunteers; emergency management; investments; the Czech Republic; rescue system; economic value of volunteering"@en . "WIT Press" . "1"^^ . . "Volunteers in emergency management \u2013 an investment in the future?" . "A Coru\u00F1a" . "14560" . "RIV/00216224:14560/13:00069450!RIV14-MSM-14560___" . "2"^^ . "Volunteers in emergency management \u2013 an investment in the future?"@en . . . "2013-07-09+02:00"^^ . "Disaster Management and Human Health Risk III: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes" . . . "There are currently two interconnected and conflicting challenges in many countries in the world: emergency and disaster preparedness and the public finance crisis. Volunteers are a valuable and necessary resource for emergency and disaster management. This paper deals with various experiences and emergencies in the Czech Republic in which the nonprofit sector is significantly involved. The aim of the paper is to identify the scope of Czech emergency volunteering and its role in the national Integrated Rescue System (IRS). The Czech IRS is a well-established system based partly on volunteers. The volunteer-to-professional ratio is nearly 12 to 1 for firefighters and about 3.6 to 1 for the mountain rescue service; the water rescue service consists exclusively of volunteers. Moreover, hundreds or thousands of people volunteer during large floods. The scope of volunteer engagement during emergency situations can also be illustrated through estimates of its economic value." . "115088" . "10.2495/DMAN130341" . . "[288DD4CFB126]" . "There are currently two interconnected and conflicting challenges in many countries in the world: emergency and disaster preparedness and the public finance crisis. Volunteers are a valuable and necessary resource for emergency and disaster management. This paper deals with various experiences and emergencies in the Czech Republic in which the nonprofit sector is significantly involved. The aim of the paper is to identify the scope of Czech emergency volunteering and its role in the national Integrated Rescue System (IRS). The Czech IRS is a well-established system based partly on volunteers. The volunteer-to-professional ratio is nearly 12 to 1 for firefighters and about 3.6 to 1 for the mountain rescue service; the water rescue service consists exclusively of volunteers. Moreover, hundreds or thousands of people volunteer during large floods. The scope of volunteer engagement during emergency situations can also be illustrated through estimates of its economic value."@en . . . "Balarinov\u00E1, Lucie" . . . . . . "11"^^ . "Volunteers in emergency management \u2013 an investment in the future?" . "RIV/00216224:14560/13:00069450" . "1743-3509" . "Dost\u00E1l, Jakub" . . "9781845647384" . . "Volunteers in emergency management \u2013 an investment in the future?"@en .