The concept of social capital emerged at the beginning of the 20th century and meant investments in humans connected with raising and education. Later, this term was understood as a network of social relations between people and used for the analysis of the development of Afro-American societies. In the eighties of the last century, its effect on the development of the civil society was demonstrated in Italy and the USA. The most recent concepts include the approach presented by F. Fukuyama, who found that social capital means people's ability to cooperate within groups and organizations in order to achieve common goals. The concept continues to be developing and seems to be useful in the analysis of capitalist social systems. This paper attempted to indicate the role and importance of social capital in crisis management in the system of national security management with the example of volunteer dispositional groups. Nowadays, this concept also concerns actions taken by public administration facing any military and non-military threats, consisting in making right decisions and coordination of forces and resources allocated for crisis response.
