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'''<u><big>This page will be forever under construction</big></u>'''

There are four main purposes to the Volunteer Support Function (VSF) system:

* To offer more flexibility to NET volunteers and the assignments they want to take on.
* 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 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? ===
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 (VSF 09.01). 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 means of getting involved without having to take 30 hours of Basic.

== VSF 01: Transportation ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 01: Transportation</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Transportation Chief'''
|VSF 01.01: Transportation Chief
|Responsible for assessing transport needs/resources and giving assignments to transport unit.
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Transport  Unit - Bicycle w/ trailer'''
|VSF 01.02:  Bike Tansport
|Suited for transporting food/water and other light supplies inside the [[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]].
|City
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|-
|'''Transport Unit - Motorcycle/Dirtbike'''
|VSF 01.03: Motorbike Transport
|Suited for transporting critical supplies/resources in rough terrain between CRDs.
|City
|Regional
|No
|-
|'''Transport Unit -  Heavy'''
|VSF 01.04: Heavy Transport
|Suited for transporting critical supplies and specialized responders across rough terrain around the region.
|City
|Regional
|No
|- style="background:#FCD299"
|<span style="background:#FCD299">'''Perimeter Control Responder'''</span>
|VSF 01.991: Perimeter Control
|
|City
|Special
|Yes
|}

== VSF 02: Communications ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 02: Communications</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Assigned  Agency ARO'''
|VSF 02.01:  MultCo ARES
|ARO responsible for managing amateur radio comms at an institution (such as a hospital).
|County
|Regional
|No
|-
|'''Fire Station ARO'''
|VSF 02.02: Fire Station Radio
|Manages comms traffic from the fire station at the [[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]] level; in direct contact with the ECC.
|City
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|-
|'''Team ARO'''
|VSF 02.03: Team ARO
|Sticks close to the [[VSF 05.01: Incident Team Leader|ITL]] and communicates with other teams and ECC via subnet controller.  May also communicate with the [[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]] Fire Station ARO.
|City
|NET
|No but [[Becoming an Official NET Amateur Radio Operator|NET ARO certification required]]
|-
|'''BEECN UHF Operator'''
|VSF 02.04: BEECN UHF Relay
|Responsible for operating BEECN UHF radio and relaying info to fire station.
|City
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|-
|'''UHF Repeater Crew'''
|VSF 02.05: UHF Repeater
|Responsible for prep/maintenance/deployment of BEECN repeater in SW Portland.
|City
|Regional
|No
|-
|'''Tactical Comms Specialist (FRS/GMRS)'''
|VSF 02.06: Tactical Comms
|Responsible for prepping and facilitating tactical radio comms inside the NET.
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Runners'''
|VSF 02.07: Messenger
|Suited for transporting messages and making welfare checks in the NET and [[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]; runners may be assigned to other volunteers.
|City
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|-
|'''Mesh Network Specialist'''
|VSF 02:08 Mesh Network Specialist
|
|City
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|}

== VSF 03: Infrastructure/Sanitation ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 03: Infrastructure/Sanitation</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Thoroughfare Debris Clearance  Unit'''
|VSF 03.01: Debris Clearance
|
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Neighborhood  Sanitation Unit'''
|VSF 03.02: Sanitation
|
|City
|NET
|No
|- style="background:#FCD299"
|<span style="background:#FCD299">'''Flood Fight'''</span>
|VSF 03.991: Flood Response
|
|City
|Special
|Yes
|}

== VSF 04: Utilities/Fire Suppression ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 04: Utilities Fire Suppression</big>
! width="300px" |Position Title
! width="200px" |ID
! width="400px" |Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Utility/Fire Suppression Specialist'''
|VSF 04.01: Utility/Fire Specialist
|Trained and equipped to resolve small fires and needed utility shutoffs in the immediate neighborhood.
|City
|NET
|Yes
|- style="background:#FCD299"
|<span style="background:#FCD299">'''Line Down Responder'''</span>
|VSF 04.991: Line Down Responder
|
|City
|Special
|Yes
|}

== VSF 05: Planning/Command ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 05: Planning/Command</big>
! width="300px" | Position Title
! width="200px" |ID
! width="400px" |Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Incident Team Leader (ITL)'''
|[[VSF 05.01: Incident Team Leader]]
|
|City
| NET
|Yes
|-
| '''Safety Officer'''
|VSF 05.02: Safety Officer
|Ensures the PPE of fellow volunteers is in good order, takes active role in assessing risk of potential response locations; ensures/confirms response deployments are appropriate for volunteers.
|City
|NET
| Yes
|-
|'''Recon Scouts'''
|VSF 05.03: Recon Scout
|Bike or foot to survey NET service area and/or critical CRD locations post disaster, for reporting status back to IC.
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Weatherspotter'''
|VSF 05.04: Weatherspotter
|Trained to assess response and sheltering weather conditions and advise the IC accordingly.
| City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''CRD Committee Chair'''
| VSF 05.05: CRD Chair
|
|City
|CRD
| No
|-
|'''CRD Committee Whip'''
|VSF 05.06: CRD Whip
|
| City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''CRD Committee  Secretary'''
|VSF 05.07: CRD Secretary
|
|City
|CRD
| No
|-
|'''CRD Operations Manager'''
|VSF 05.08: CRD Operations Manager
|
|City
|CRD
|Yes
|-
|'''Speakers' Bureau'''
|VSF 05.09.01: Disaster Prep  Presenter
|
|City
|Regional
|No
|-
|'''CRD Outreach Volunteer'''
|VSF 05.09.02: Outreach Volunteer
|
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''CRD Outreach  Manager'''
|VSF 05.09: CRD Outreach  Manager
|
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''CRD Training Officer'''
|VSF 05.10: CRD Training Officer
|
|City
|CRD
|Yes
|-
|'''CRD  PF&R Liaison (PF&R staff)'''
|VSF 05.11: PF&R  Liaison
|
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''CRD Resources Officer'''
|VSF 05.12: CRD Resources Officer
|
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''CRD Resources  Volunteer (equip)'''
|VSF 05.12.01: Equipment  Volunteer
|
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''CRD Resources Volunteer (fundraising)'''
|VSF 05.12.02: Fundraising Volunteer
|
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''VSF Guild  Leaders'''
|VSF 05.13: VSF Guild  Leader
|
|Variable
|Regional
|No
|-
|'''ECC/EOC Responder'''
|VSF 05.14: ECC Responder
|
|City/County
|Regional
|Yes
|}

== VSF 06: Mass Care/Shelter ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 06: Mass Care/Shelter</big>
! width="300px" | Position Title
! width="200px" |ID
! width="400px" |Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Translation/Interpretation'''
|VSF 06.01:  Emergency Translation
|Can translate or interpret in a language other than English.
|County
| Regional
|No
|-
| '''Acute Shelter Specialist'''
|VSF 06.02: Acute Sheltering Specialist
|Can help other neighborhood residents find local shelter, or build camps.
|City
|NET
| No
|-
|'''Childcare'''
|VSF 06.03: Childcare
|Trained/qualified to work with kids after the response, and childcare during recovery phase.
|County
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Disabilities/Special Needs Response'''
|VSF 06.04: Special Needs Response
|Responsible for assessing disability response risk in NET service area, preparing persons with disabilities, and leading SaR efforts for persons with disabilities.
| City
|NET
|Yes
|-
|'''Mass Shelter  Response'''
| VSF 06.05: Mass Shelter  Response
|Prepared to help at mass shelter locations.
|County
|Regional
| No
|-
|'''Morale Unit'''
|VSF 06.06: Morale Unit
|Entertainers, creatives, storytellers, musicians for the recovery phase.
| City
|Regional
|No
|- style="background:#FCD299"
|'''Seasonal Shelter Response I'''
|VSF 06.991: Seasonal  Shelter I
|
|County
|Special
| No
|- style="background:#FCD299"
|'''Seasonal Shelter Response II'''
|VSF 06.992: Seasonal Shelter II
|
|County
|Special
|No
|}
== VSF 07: Logistics ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 07: Logistics</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Staging Area Manager'''
|VSF 07.01: Staging Area Manager
|Sets up staging area for NET (tents, chairs, tables, generators, etc).
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Documentation Unit'''
|[[VSF 07.02: Documentation Unit]]
|
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Equipment Unit'''
|[[VSF 07.03: Equipment Unit]]
|
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Logistics Chief'''
|VSF 07.04: Logistics  Chief
|
|City
|NET
|No
|}

== VSF 08: Medical ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 08: Medical</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Mental Health First Aid I  (de-escalation)'''
|VSF 08.01.01: MHFA I
|Trained in skills such as emotional first aid.
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''Mental  Health First Aid II'''
|VSF 08.01.02: MHFA II
|
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''Mental Health First Aid III'''
|VSF 08.01.03: MHFA III
|
|County
|Regional
|No
|-
|'''Medical I'''
|VSF 08.02.01: Medical I
|Can treat minor (green) patients.
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Medical II'''
|VSF 08.02.02: Medical II
|Can treat immediate (yellow) patients.
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''Medical III'''
|VSF 08.02.03: Medical  III
|Can treat immediate (red) patients).
|County
|Regional
|No
|-
|'''Morgue Unit'''
|VSF 08.03: Morgue Unit
|Trained and equipped to respond to/track human remains in disaster areas.
|City/County
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''Medical  Treatment Area Manager'''
|[[VSF 08.04: Treatment  Area Manager]]
|Responsible for monitoring patient traffic and conditions at a treatment area (is not necessarily medically trained).
|City
|NET
|Yes
|}

== VSF 09: Search and Rescue ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 09: Search and Rescue</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Search and Rescue  Specialist''' 
|VSF 09.01: S&R
|Trained/equipped to assess the safety of a building for SaR and conduct SaR ops.
|City
|NET
|Yes
|-
|'''Drone Unit'''
|VSF 09.02: Drone Unit
|Owns and can operate a drone for SaR efforts.
|City
|Regional
|No
|}

== VSF 10: Safety Officer ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 10: Safety Officer</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Safety Officer'''
|VSF 10.01: Safety Officer
|Trained to oversee safety policy, and observe conditions in real time to ensure NETs' safety during operations
|City
|NET
|Yes
|}

== VSF 11: Food ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 11: Food</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Cook'''
|VSF 11.01: Cook
|Trained and equipped to cook to feed many people.
|City/County
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Dining Setup/Take down'''
|VSF 11.02: Dining
|Trained and equipped to set up and take down large scale dining areas.
|City/County
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Food  Distribution'''
|VSF 11.03: Food  Distribution
|Responsible for ensuring that food is distributed to responders in the field.
|City/County
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Food Unit Lead'''
|VSF 11.04: Food Unit Lead
|Coordinates the efforts of all volunteers in the neighborhood who is part of the VSF.
|City/County
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Pantry/Storage'''
|VSF 11.05: Pantry
|Obtains and stores the food needed for response/recovery periods.
|City/County
|NET
|No
|}
== VSF 12: Light and Power ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 12: Light and Power</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Generator Ops'''
|VSF 12.01: Generator Ops
|Owns and can safely operate a generator for the NET Staging Area and/or other locations.
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Lighting Unit'''
|VSF 12.02: Lighting
|Responsible for working to illuminate neighborhood work areas and rescue locations as needed.
|City
|Regional
|No
|}
== VSF 14: Public Information ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 14: Public Information</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''BEECN  Community Information'''
|VSF 14.01:  BEECN PIO
|At BEECN responsible for public messaging of the situation.
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''Community Foot Patrol'''
|VSF 14.02: Foot Patrol
|Holding this space for OCCL.
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''CRD  Outreach/Home Prep Specialists'''
|VSF 14.03: CRD Public  Outreach
|[[Speakers Bureau]]; gives preparedness presentations to requestors in the CRD
|City
|CRD
|No
|}
== VSF 15: Volunteer/Donations Management ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 15: Volunteer/Donations Management</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Donations Management'''
|VSF 15.01: Donations Management
|Processing donations.
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''Community  Mediation'''
|VSF 15.02: Community  Mediation
|Responsible for helping to resolve neighbor disputes in the recovery phase.
|County
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''SUV Lead'''
|[[VSF 15.03.01: SUV Lead]]
|Oversees SUV intake and assignment.
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''SUV Intake/Manager'''
|[[VSF 15.03.02: SUV Intake]]
|Responsible for intaking spontaneous volunteers at the Staging Area.
|City
|NET
|Yes
|}
== VSF 17: Animal Response ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 17: Animal Response</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Animal Response (pets)'''
|VSF 17.01: Pet Response
|Responsible for addressing lost pets in the aftermath of a disaster.
|City
|NET
|No
|-
|'''Animal  Response (rural)'''
|VSF 17.02: Rural Animal  Response
|Working with farm animal owners to prep animals for care post-disaster…also for wildland fires.
|County
|NET
|No
|}
== VSF 18: Business Resilience ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 18: Business Resilience</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="400px"|Summary
!Lead
!Resource Level
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|'''Local Business Lead Organizer'''
|VSF 18.01: Business Lead
|Oversees the Business Specialists, assesses risk and COOP needs generally.
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''Local Business  Specialist'''
|VSF 18.02: Business  Outreach
|Works with CRD-level businesses on COOP.
|City
|CRD
|No
|}