Abstract

Disaster resilience has become a global concern in the last decade as the number of disasters and impacts increases. The March 2024 flood in Semarang City, which inundated six districts and affected 158.137 resident, with 630 people forced to evacuate, underscores the critical role of disaster volunteers in emergency response and recovery efforts. However, the resilience of these volunteers, particularly those from the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia/PMI), remains underexplored. This study aims to explore the resilience of Semarang City volunteers with a case study using an explanatory sequential mixed method (Quan-qual) approach. This study consists of three phases. The resilience survey employs the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), adapted to Indonesians and validated by disaster volunteers. One hundred eight participants completed the survey, then analysed using descriptive analysis and the Mann-Whitney Test. Second, semi-structured interviews with five volunteers were then analysed using thematic analysis. Third, data integration with joint displays. This research found a difference in the resilience of middle adult volunteers (aged 36-60 years) compared to Early Adults (aged 18-35 years). Personal, organizational, and socio-spiritual factors explored qualitatively enrich the quantitative findings. On the other hand, this study provides different results on resilience between men and women, so further exploration is needed. This study must be followed up more broadly and involve family and organizational perspectives to develop multisystem resilience-based interventions for disaster volunteers.