Disaster Relief

Civil Air Patrol assists communities in recovering from disasters in many ways. CAP volunteers routinely assist state and federal agencies with assessing disaster damage from the air. These assessments supplement other documents as part of requests for disaster declarations, bringing additional resources to impacted communities.

Civil Air Patrol volunteers also assist local governments with distribution of food, ice, and water to disaster survivors, and can support other agencies’ disaster shelter operations with additional volunteers.

Civil Air Patrol also has chaplains, who must meet similar qualifications to active duty Air Force chaplains, who can be requested to support disaster survivors.