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* To offer more flexibility to NET volunteers and the assignments they want to take on. | * To offer more flexibility to NET volunteers and the assignments they want to take on. | ||
* To open more volunteering opportunities to non-NETs (ATVs) by reducing barriers to entry, such as setting aside 25 hours of training for Basic NET. | * To open more volunteering opportunities to non-NETs ([[Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs)|ATVs]]) by reducing barriers to entry, such as setting aside 25 hours of training for Basic NET. | ||
* To open volunteer opportunities and assignments that may appeal more to a volunteer's personal interests and values. | * To open volunteer opportunities and assignments that may appeal more to a volunteer's personal interests and values. | ||
* To cultivate the specialization of expertise on NET teams, so that responses are safer and more effective. | * To cultivate the specialization of expertise on NET teams, so that responses are safer and more effective. | ||
=== Are NET volunteers required to take a VSF assignment? === | === Are NET volunteers required to take a VSF assignment? === | ||
NET volunteers are not, but ATVs are. | NET volunteers are not, but [[Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs)|ATVs]] are. | ||
A NET volunteer is not required to take a VSF assignment. If a NET volunteer just wants to be a NET (take Basic NET training and operate in the program as they do now) they can. In the VSF scheme of things, they’ll be a search and rescue volunteer. They won’t be pressured to take on a VSF, or even to know what they are. In an ops plan, they’ll be considered a Search and Rescue resource. They’ll still have all the privileges and opportunities they have now. They’ll also be able to take advanced courses reserved for volunteers in VSFs, as long as seats are given to VSF assigned volunteers first. | A NET volunteer is not required to take a VSF assignment. If a NET volunteer just wants to be a NET (take Basic NET training and operate in the program as they do now) they can. In the VSF scheme of things, they’ll be a search and rescue volunteer. They won’t be pressured to take on a VSF, or even to know what they are. In an ops plan, they’ll be considered a Search and Rescue resource. They’ll still have all the privileges and opportunities they have now. They’ll also be able to take advanced courses reserved for volunteers in VSFs, as long as seats are given to VSF assigned volunteers first. | ||
For NET volunteers, VSFs are a path of advanced training. For ATVs, it’s a | For NET volunteers, VSFs are a path of advanced training. For ATVs, it’s a means of getting involved without having to take 30 hours of Basic. | ||
== VSF 01: Transportation == | == VSF 01: Transportation == | ||
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|'''Transport Unit - Bicycle w/ trailer''' | |'''Transport Unit - Bicycle w/ trailer''' | ||
|VSF 01.02: Bike Tansport | |VSF 01.02: Bike Tansport | ||
|Suited for transporting food/water and other light supplies inside the CRD. | |Suited for transporting food/water and other light supplies inside the [[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]. | ||
|City | |City | ||
|CRD | |[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]] | ||
|No | |No | ||
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|'''Assigned Agency ARO''' | |'''Assigned Agency ARO''' | ||
|VSF 02.01: MultCo ARES | |VSF 02.01: MultCo ARES | ||
|ARO responsible for managing | |ARO responsible for managing amateur radio comms at an institution (such as a hospital). | ||
|County | |County | ||
|Regional | |Regional | ||
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|'''Fire Station ARO''' | |'''Fire Station ARO''' | ||
|VSF 02.02: Fire Station Radio | |VSF 02.02: Fire Station Radio | ||
|Manages comms traffic from the fire station at the CRD level; in direct contact with the ECC. | |Manages comms traffic from the fire station at the [[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]] level; in direct contact with the ECC. | ||
|City | |City | ||
|CRD | |[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]] | ||
|No | |No | ||
|- | |- | ||
|'''Team ARO''' | |'''Team ARO''' | ||
|VSF 02.03: Team ARO | |VSF 02.03: Team ARO | ||
|Sticks close to the ITL and communicates with other teams and ECC via subnet controller. May also communicate with the CRD Fire Station ARO. | |Sticks close to the ITL and communicates with other teams and ECC via subnet controller. May also communicate with the [[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]] Fire Station ARO. | ||
|City | |City | ||
|NET | |NET | ||
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|Responsible for operating BEECN UHF radio and relaying info to fire station. | |Responsible for operating BEECN UHF radio and relaying info to fire station. | ||
|City | |City | ||
|CRD | |[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]] | ||
|No | |No | ||
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|'''Runners''' | |'''Runners''' | ||
|VSF 02.07: Messenger | |VSF 02.07: Messenger | ||
|Suited for transporting messages and making welfare checks in the NET and CRD; runners may be assigned to other volunteers. | |Suited for transporting messages and making welfare checks in the NET and [[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]; runners may be assigned to other volunteers. | ||
|City | |City | ||
|CRD | |[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]] | ||
|No | |No | ||
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|City | |City | ||
|CRD | |[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]] | ||
|No | |No | ||
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