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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.
For policy explanation and context, see [[Volunteer Support Functions]].
* 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 open more volunteering opportunities to non-NETs ([[Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs)|ATVs]]) by reducing barriers to entry, such as setting aside 28 hours of training for Basic NET.
 
=== Are NET volunteers required to take a VSF assignment? ===
Yes, both Active NET and [[Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs)|ATVs]] are.
 
If a NET volunteer just wants to be a NET without specializing (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 28 hours of Basic.


== VSF 01: Transportation ==
== VSF 01: Transportation ==
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|'''Transportation Chief'''
|'''Transportation Chief'''
|VSF 01.01: Transportation Chief
|[[VSF 01.01: Transportation Chief]]
|Responsible for assessing transport needs/resources and giving assignments to transport unit.
|Responsible for assessing transport needs/resources and giving assignments to transport unit.
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|'''Transport  Unit - Bicycle w/ trailer'''
|'''Transport  Unit - Bicycle w/ trailer'''
|VSF 01.02:  Bike Tansport
|[[VSF 01.02:  Bike Transport]]
|Suited for transporting food/water and other light supplies inside the [[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]].
|Suited for transporting food/water and other light supplies inside the [[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]].
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|'''Transport Unit - Motorcycle/Dirtbike'''
|'''Transport Unit - Motorcycle/Dirtbike'''
|VSF 01.03: Motorbike Transport
|[[VSF 01.03: Motorbike Transport]]
|Suited for transporting critical supplies/resources in rough terrain between CRDs.
|Suited for transporting critical supplies/resources in rough terrain between CRDs.
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|'''Transport Unit -  Heavy'''
|'''Transport Unit -  Heavy'''
|VSF 01.04: Heavy Transport
|[[VSF 01.04: Heavy Transport]]
|Suited for transporting critical supplies and specialized responders across rough terrain around the region.
|Suited for transporting critical supplies and specialized responders across rough terrain around the region.
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|City
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|'''Fire Station ARO'''
|'''Fire Station ARO'''
|VSF 02.02: Fire Station Radio
|[[VSF 02.02: Fire Station ARO]]
|Manages comms traffic from the fire station at the [[Community Resilience Districts|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.
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|City
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|NET
|No but [[Becoming an Official NET Amateur Radio Operator|NET ARO certification required]]
|No but [[Becoming an Official NET Amateur Radio Operator|NET ARO certification required]]
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|'''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
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|'''UHF Repeater Crew'''
|VSF 02.05: UHF Repeater
|Responsible for prep/maintenance/deployment of BEECN repeater in SW Portland.
|City
|Regional
|No
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|'''Tactical Comms Specialist (FRS/GMRS)'''
|'''Tactical Comms Specialist (FRS/GMRS)'''
|VSF 02.06: Tactical Comms
|VSF 02.04: Tactical Comms
|Responsible for prepping and facilitating tactical radio comms inside the NET.
|Responsible for prepping and facilitating tactical radio comms inside the NET.
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|'''Runners'''
|'''Runners'''
|VSF 02.07: Messenger
|VSF 02.05: Messenger
|Suited for transporting messages and making welfare checks in the NET and [[Community Resilience Districts|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.
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|'''Mesh Network Specialist'''
|'''Mesh Network Specialist'''
|VSF 02:08 Mesh Network Specialist
|VSF 02:06 Mesh Network Specialist
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|'''Thoroughfare Debris Clearance  Unit'''
|'''Thoroughfare Debris Clearance  Unit'''
|[[VSF 03.01: Debris Clearance]]
|[[VSF 03.01: Debris Clearance]]
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|Debris clearance from public right of ways '''''only''''' for the purpose of opening emergency routes to neighborhoods.
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|City
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|NET
|No
|No
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|'''Levee Inspection Team Member'''
|[[VSF 03.03.01: Levee Inspection Team Member]]
|Conducts visual inspections of local levees.
|[https://urbanfloodsafetyor.gov/about-us/ UFSWQD]
|Special
|Yes
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|'''Debris Removal Task Force Member'''
|[[VSF 03.03.02: Debris Removal Task Force Member]]
|Removes vegetative or man-made debris from key drainage and levee areas.
|[https://urbanfloodsafetyor.gov/about-us/ UFSWQD]
|Special
|Yes
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|- style="background:#FCD299"
|<span style="background:#FCD299">'''Flood Fight'''</span>
|<span style="background:#FCD299">'''Flood Fight'''</span>
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|Special
|Special
|Yes
|Yes
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|'''Storm Drain Clearance Squad'''
|[[VSF 03.992: Storm Drain Clearance]]
|Keeps storm inlets clear so that they can drain and prevent urban pooling.
|City
|Special
|No
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|Yes
|Yes
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| '''Safety Officer'''
|'''NET Team Leader (TL)'''
|VSF 05.02: Safety Officer
|[[VSF 05.01: NET Team Leader]]
|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.
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|NET
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| Yes
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|'''Recon Scouts'''
|'''Recon Scouts'''
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|Trained to assess response and sheltering weather conditions and advise the IC accordingly.
|Trained to assess response and sheltering weather conditions and advise the IC accordingly.
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| City
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|No
|No
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|Yes
|Yes
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|No
|No
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|No
|No
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|Yes
|Yes
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|No
|No
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|No
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|No
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|No
|No
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|'''Morale Unit'''
|'''Morale Unit'''
|VSF 06.06: Morale Unit
|[[VSF 06.06: Morale Unit]]
|Entertainers, creatives, storytellers, musicians for the recovery phase.
|Entertainers, creatives, storytellers, musicians for the recovery phase.
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|'''Logistics Chief'''
|'''Logistics Chief'''
|VSF 07.04: Logistics  Chief
|[[VSF 07.04: Logistics  Chief]]
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|Trained in skills such as emotional first aid.
|Trained in skills such as emotional first aid.
|City
|City
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|'''Mental  Health First Aid II'''
|'''Mental  Health First Aid II'''
|VSF 08.01.02: MHFA II
|VSF 08.01.02: MHFA II
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|Certified in [https://mentalhealthfirstaid.org/ Mental Health First Aid]
|City
|City
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|'''Mental Health First Aid III'''
|'''Mental Health First Aid III'''
|VSF 08.01.03: MHFA III
|VSF 08.01.03: MHFA III
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|Licensed in mental health service
|County
|County
|Regional
|Regional
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|'''Medical II'''
|'''Medical II'''
|VSF 08.02.02: Medical II
|VSF 08.02.02: Medical II
|Can treat immediate (yellow) patients.
|Can treat delayed (yellow) patients.
|City
|City
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|'''Morgue Unit'''
|'''Morgue Unit'''
|VSF 08.03: Morgue Unit
|[[VSF 08.03: Morgue Unit]]
|Trained and equipped to respond to/track human remains in disaster areas.
|Trained and equipped to respond to/track human remains in disaster areas.
|City/County
|City/County
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|'''Drone Unit'''
|'''Drone Unit'''
|VSF 09.02: Drone Unit
|VSF 09.02: Drone Unit
|Owns and can operate a drone for SaR efforts.
|Owns and can operate a drone for SaR efforts, and is a licensed pilot under FAA Part 107.
|City
|City
|Regional
|Regional
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|At BEECN responsible for public messaging of the situation.
|At BEECN responsible for public messaging of the situation.
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|City
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|'''BEECN Cooridnator'''
|'''BEECN Coordinator'''
|[[VSF 14.01.02: BEECN Coordinator]]
|[[VSF 14.01.02: BEECN Coordinator]]
|Responsible for organizing and coordinating the activities of a BEECN volunteer cohort (cache or fire station level).
|Responsible for organizing and coordinating the activities of a BEECN volunteer cohort (cache or fire station level).
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|City
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|No
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|'''BEECN Fire Station UHF Volunteer'''
|[[VSF 14.01.04: Fire Station UHF Volunteer]]
|Operates the UHF handheld radio at a fire station and relays messages to VSF 02.02: Fire Station HAM volunteer to roll up to the EOC.
|City
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|[[Speakers Bureau]]; gives preparedness presentations to requestors in the CRD
|[[Speakers Bureau]]; gives preparedness presentations to requestors in the CRD
|City
|City
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|Processing donations.
|Processing donations.
|City
|City
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|Responsible for helping to resolve neighbor disputes in the recovery phase.
|Responsible for helping to resolve neighbor disputes in the recovery phase.
|County
|County
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|Oversees the Business Specialists, assesses risk and COOP needs generally.
|Oversees the Business Specialists, assesses risk and COOP needs generally.
|City
|City
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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|Works with CRD-level businesses on COOP.
|Works with CRD-level businesses on COOP.
|City
|City
|CRD
|[[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]]
|No
|No
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