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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. '''They are not deployed or indemnified by the City of Portland.''' The purpose of ATVs is to self-deploy with NETs in the aftermath of an earthquake if they are able to and lend their effort to the local response. | 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.'''</span> The purpose of ATVs is to self-deploy with NETs in the aftermath of an earthquake if they are able to and lend their effort to the local response. | ||
== ATV Program History == | == ATV Program History == | ||
"ATV" was first coined and suggested to Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM) by NET volunteer David Given. David worked with Boy Scout volunteers and requested a volunteer status that kept a non-NET disaster response volunteer "in the loop" of NET activities and encouraged forming a planning relationship with local teams. | "ATV" was first coined and suggested to Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM) by NET volunteer David Given. David worked with Boy Scout volunteers and requested a volunteer status that kept a non-NET disaster response volunteer "in the loop" of NET activities and encouraged forming a planning relationship with local teams. | ||
Revision as of 16:14, 30 November 2023
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. 'They are not deployed or indemnified by the City of Portland. The purpose of ATVs is to self-deploy with NETs in the aftermath of an earthquake if they are able to and lend their effort to the local response.
ATV Program History
"ATV" was first coined and suggested to Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM) by NET volunteer David Given. David worked with Boy Scout volunteers and requested a volunteer status that kept a non-NET disaster response volunteer "in the loop" of NET activities and encouraged forming a planning relationship with local teams.