RED Cross is looking for more volunteers after the floods in January revealed inadequacies in the volunteering program.

Regional emergency services coordinator Carolyn Forbes said the organisation had the volunteers available to staff the evacuation centres when Chinderah, Fingal and other communities on the Tweed River were evacuated to Kingscliff.

"If a larger event was to occur then we would need more volunteers than we had available," Ms Forbes said.

"So many places in the Tweed can get cut off so we need as many volunteers as we can get across all the little pockets of the region.

"Volunteers can get stuck just like everyone else."

Ms Forbes said there were always people ready to lend a helping hand during an emergency but volunteers needed to be trained before potential emergencies become reality.

"We can't engage anyone at the time of the emergency as a volunteer as they need to be trained," she said.

"The trouble is that people think you need to make a big commitment to be a volunteer but really there are perhaps two meetings a year where you meet the other volunteers in the area.

"It is important to meet the other volunteers."

Joanne Mitchell was at the evacuation centre during the floods in January when communities along the Tweed River were evacuated.

Ms Mitchell said about 150 people used the centre to seek assistance when the floodwater invaded homes and cut roads.

"I have been volunteering for maybe about four or five years," she said.

"My parents always did volunteering and it's nice to do something for someone else."

Ms Mitchell said she received a lot of joy from just the simple act of making sandwiches and cups of tea for the people in need when the emergency struck in the Tweed.

A free one-day training course will be run on March 24 at the Banora Point Community Centre from 9.15am (NSW) until 3pm.

During the training volunteers learn about the role of the Red Cross in a disaster, gain hands-on skills and get to meet like minded people who want to make a difference to other people at a time of need.