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# <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''Respect the chain of command.'''</span> A recognized chain of command – both inside and outside of NET – helps ensure accountability and efficiency during a response. | # <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''Respect the chain of command.'''</span> A recognized chain of command – both inside and outside of NET – helps ensure accountability and efficiency during a response. | ||
# <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''Document all activities.'''</span> Documenting activities in an emergency may seem cumbersome and of relatively low priority compared to other responsibilities NETs have during a response. However, proper documentation helps protect NET Members against liability, improves accountability, and saves time (and therefore, lives) for professional emergency responders. | # <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''Document all activities.'''</span> Documenting activities in an emergency may seem cumbersome and of relatively low priority compared to other responsibilities NETs have during a response. However, proper documentation helps protect NET Members against liability, improves accountability, and saves time (and therefore, lives) for professional emergency responders. | ||
== Responsibilities Prior to Deployment == | |||
Immediately following any citywide disaster or emergency, NET Members: | |||
# Check themselves for injuries and ensure personal safety. | |||
# Check in with household Members, ensure their safety, and treat any injuries. | |||
# Follow team communication protocols if established. | |||
# Put on PPE and retrieve NET kit. | |||
# If the disaster is an earthquake, NETs follow appropriate deployment protocols designated by their team's Earthquake Response Framework. | |||
Members should ''not'' call in to PBEM to inquire if they are being activated, but instead should follow the protocols in the sections that follow. | |||