Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs): Difference between revisions

An Affiliated Team Volunteer ("ATV") is a volunteer who associates with, and is assigned to, a NET Team but does not possess full "Active" NET volunteer status. <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''They are not deployed or indemnified by the City of Portland, though they can have a profile in the NET volunteer database.'''</span> ATVs appear on NET rosters as prospective response resources for an earthquake response only.

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PBEM created the ATV status as a solution to two problems:

# '''It offers NET volunteers an alternative to separating from the NET program entirely.''' If a NET volunteer is unable to meet their [[Minimum Service Contribution (MSC)|Minimum Service Contribution]] but would like to remain a part of their local team, they can do so as an ATV. ATV status is an alternative to making a NET volunteer "Inactive" and completely discharging them from the program.

# '''It encourages''' '''non-NET neighbors to volunteer with their local NET team by giving them a status in the program.''' A neighbor may be interested in disaster response activities with their community and want to plan ahead, but do not have the time and/or inclination to complete Basic NET training. Becoming an ATV gives them a team role to fill by declaring a [[Volunteer Support Functions Introduction and Directory|VSF]] (e.g. radio operator) and makes them more ready to participate with a NET team than a spontaneous volunteer (SUV) would be.