{"id":26666,"date":"2024-12-19T16:06:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T21:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/benevoles\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:24:00","slug":"become-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/police\/careers\/become-volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"sticky-section-group aligndefault\"\n>\n   \n<div class=\"sticky-section-main\"\n>\n   \n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro-text\">Want to get involved in your community and become a volunteer for the City of Laval? Find out what you need to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does the emergency measures volunteer team do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The emergency measures team is made up of volunteers from various communities who care about the well-being of their fellow residents. Volunteers log more than 4,500 hours annually to carry out various actions related to civil protection or emergency situations. Examples of their actions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Collaborate with the police and fire departments, by deploying command posts, ensuring that they function properly, and transporting materials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assist the police department with searches for children lost during large-scale events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitor rivers during spring freshets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assist residents during disasters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cooperate during training activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distribute information to residents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Admission criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be 18 years old or older (ideally with no professional engagement).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be in good physical condition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be a resident of Laval.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hold a valid class 4A driver\u2019s license.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have no criminal record.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be available to respond to emergencies during the day, the evening, at night and on weekends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"info-tip-box aligndefault\"\n>\n   <div class=\"info-tip-box__decoration\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n   <div class=\"info-tip-box__content\">\n    \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you have any questions or to register:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tino Vagnini<br>Emergency measures director<br>450-978-6888, extension 4404<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:t.vagnini@laval.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">t.vagnini@laval.ca<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"sticky-section-sidebar\"\n>\n   <div class=\"sticky-section-sidebar__inner\">\n     \n<div class=\"sidebar-cta-wrapper aligndefault\">\n   <div class=\"sidebar-cta\">\n     \n  <div class=\"theme-icon aligndefault theme-icon--colored\">\n    <span class=\"theme-icon__icon icon icon-postes-police\"><\/span>\n  <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<p class=\"has-xlarge-font-size\"><strong>Want to work for the SPL?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/fr\/employeurs\/ville-de-laval\/voir-liste-emplois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the job openings<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"parent":26667,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26666","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/author\/mar-longprelaval-ca\/","display_name":"mar.longpre@laval.ca"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 year ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 19, 2024","modified":"Updated on September 17, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 19, 2024 4:06 pm","modified":"Updated on September 17, 2025 4:24 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 08:05:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"translation_priority","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26666"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92198,"href":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26666\/revisions\/92198"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}