Please donate to Crisis Cleanup: http://www.crisiscleanup.org/donate and share this video with your friends. Have you ever wanted to help after a hurricane or other disaster? Now you can. We need your help to get ready for the next hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or other disaster.
Crisis Cleanup has already been deployed in four disasters in 5 states.
When you allow disaster recovery organizations to share information, self-organize, and coordinate, great things happen. Who's in charge? You are.

How do you organize 30,000 volunteers from 100 organizations to 5,000 locations across a 500-mile arc in 8 weeks? You don't. You let them organize themselves.

Crisis Cleanup is a free, open source disaster relief mapping tool that helps hundreds of relief organizations coordinate cleanup and rebuilding efforts. We've already connected • 30,000+ volunteers from • 100+ organizations with • 6,000 families in • 5 states and • 4 disasters.

Crisis Cleanup was developed by and for field volunteers, team leaders, canvassers, and the people who work one-on-one with people whose homes have been affected by flood, tornadoes, earthquakes, wind, fire, or other disaster. Crisis Cleanup can respond to a new disaster the same day, permitting relief organizations to instantly coordinate efforts.

Crisis Cleanup implements a "Craigslist" philosophy to recovery efforts-- organizations that are aware of work orders enter them into the system, and organizations with capacity to help can claim and perform the work. The system is not public, but it is open and transparent among participating organizations. No centralized organization is "in charge." This non-threatening approach minimizes duplication and maximizes communication, coordination, and efficiency.

While entering a client into Crisis Cleanup does not guarantee that he or she will be served, it guarantees visibility and maximizes the chances for assistance, while helping relief organizations prioritize their limited resources.

Disaster relief organizations may join as long as they: 1. Have a physical presence in a disaster area, 2. Perform assessments and/or gutting, mucking-out, debris removal, mold abatement, or rebuilding and 3. Are reputable (e.g. are a VOAD member or come recommended by a VOAD). Crisis Cleanup is free of charge.