Volunteer with us

We love our volunteers! Our ever-growing high quality crew of 725+ trained and background-checked volunteers is key to the success of the community preparedness projects across our 20+ teams.

Are you interested in joining us? Please review the accompanying volunteer orientation video, and read about the various opportunities for training that follow.

We increase the resilience of our beautiful Pacific Northwest community via several training pathways for our volunteers (and have some fun together!). We’d love to have you involved so that you can respond confidently to an emergency, at home or away.

Bainbridge Prepares:
New Volunteer Orientation
(please note the beginning period in the required passcode .QVg1h47)

All volunteers begin the process by registering with the City of Bainbridge Island.

This registration includes a background check and ensures that all volunteers are registered as emergency workers with the State of Washington.

Bainbridge Prepares teams each have additional differing requirements and training for their volunteers, ensuring the roles of these teams can be fulfilled effectively and efficiently, with the safety of our members and our community of upmost importance.

Following is the quick 1-2-3 of joining our crew.

2023 Volunteers of the Year
Raj Bais, Alice Ostdiek, Maradel Gale, and Victor Cheng pictured here with members of our Executive Team

  • Start

    Watch the Bainbridge Prepares New Volunteer Orientation (use passcode .QVg1h47—note the beginning period) .

  • Register

    Fill out the Bainbridge Island Emergency Volunteer Application Online Form on Volunteer Local.

  • GO!

    Check your status here. Sign up and join your team at trainings and events. Make sure to reach out to your team leads for more info.

Our volunteers in action!

Bainbridge Prepares volunteers

Domestic Animal Care Team Leads Suzanne Ferguson and Yasuyo Sousa fielding questions at National Night Out.

BIFD Community Risk Reduction Coordinator Janine Courtemanche with our mascot Ready Raccoon.

Logistics Team Lead Dean Alexander and Phil Ferguson from our Hubs leadership organizing one of our many supply caches of earthquake recovery gear around the island.

Yes, we do actually spend a fair amount of time sitting around conference room tables. But there’s always lots of laughter to go with the hard work!

Bainbridge Prepares volunteers

Raj Bais, MRC Team Lead, and Rafael Escadon, WFR Team Lead educating the public at National Night Out.

Executive Director Loren Bast is still all smiles even after unloading/loading hundreds of donated emergency blankets. Thanks Ignik!

Our CERT Lead Victor Cheng teaching a class at one of our partner BIFD’s fire stations.

Instructor Jason Jarvis demonstrating proper technique with Kris Avery (registered nurse) and Robin Kallas (physician) with the volunteer victim Raj Bais, MRC Team Lead.