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There are four main purposes to the Volunteer Support Function (VSF) system:
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 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 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.
* 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? ===
=== Are NET volunteers required to take a VSF assignment? ===
NET volunteers are not, but [[Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs)|ATVs]] are.
Yes, both Active NET and [[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.  
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 30 hours of Basic.
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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|- style="background:#FCD299"
|<span style="background:#FCD299">'''Perimeter Control Responder'''</span>
|<span style="background:#FCD299">'''Perimeter Control Responder'''</span>
|VSF 01.S1: Perimeter Control
|VSF 01.991: Perimeter Control
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|City
|City
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|'''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 [[Community Resilience Districts|CRD]] Fire Station 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
|City
|NET
|NET
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|- style="background:#FCD299"
|- style="background:#FCD299"
|<span style="background:#FCD299">'''Flood Fight'''</span>
|<span style="background:#FCD299">'''Flood Fight'''</span>
|VSF 03.S1: Flood Response
|VSF 03.991: Flood Response
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|City
|City
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|- style="background:#FCD299"
|- style="background:#FCD299"
|<span style="background:#FCD299">'''Line Down Responder'''</span>
|<span style="background:#FCD299">'''Line Down Responder'''</span>
|VSF 04.S1: Line Down Responder
|VSF 04.991: Line Down Responder
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|City
|City
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|'''Childcare'''
|'''Childcare'''
|VSF 06.03: Childcare
|VSF 06.03: Childcare
|Trained/qualified to work with kids after the response, parent reunification, and childcare during recovery phase.
|Trained/qualified to work with kids after the response, and childcare during recovery phase.
|County
|County
|NET
|NET
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|- style="background:#FCD299"
|'''Seasonal Shelter Response I'''
|'''Seasonal Shelter Response I'''
|VSF 06.S1: Seasonal  Shelter I
|VSF 06.991: Seasonal  Shelter I
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|County
|County
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|- style="background:#FCD299"
|- style="background:#FCD299"
|'''Seasonal Shelter Response II'''
|'''Seasonal Shelter Response II'''
|VSF 06.S2: Seasonal Shelter II
|VSF 06.992: Seasonal Shelter II
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|County
|County
|Special
|Special
|No
|- style="background:#FCD299"
|'''Reunification Responder'''
|VSF 06.S3: Reunification
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|City
|Regional
|No
|No
|}
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|}


== VSF 10: Hazmat Awareness ==
== VSF 10: Safety Officer ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%"
|+<big>VSF 10: Hazmat Awareness</big>
|+<big>VSF 10: Safety Officer</big>
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="300px"|Position Title
!width="200px"|ID
!width="200px"|ID
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!NET/CERT req?
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|-
|'''Hazmat Awareness'''
|'''Safety Officer'''
|VSF 10.01: Hazmat Awareness
|VSF 10.01: Safety Officer
|Trained in hazmat awareness and risk assessment (NOT in response).
|Trained to oversee safety policy, and observe conditions in real time to ensure NETs' safety during operations
|City
|City
|NET
|NET
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!NET/CERT req?
!NET/CERT req?
|-
|-
|'''BEECN  Community Information'''
|'''BEECN  Volunteer'''
|VSF 14.01: BEECN PIO
|[[VSF 14.01.01: BEECN Volunteer]]
|At BEECN responsible for public messaging of the situation.
|At BEECN responsible for public messaging of the situation.
|City
|City
|CRD
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''BEECN Cooridnator'''
|[[VSF 14.01.02: BEECN Coordinator]]
|Responsible for organizing and coordinating the activities of a BEECN volunteer cohort (cache or fire station level).
|City
|CRD
|No
|-
|'''BEECN District Coordinator'''
|[[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator]]
|Responsible for coordinating the activities and supplying of all BEECNs in a district.
|City
|District
|No
|No
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|'''CRD  Outreach/Home Prep Specialists'''
|'''CRD  Outreach/Home Prep Specialists'''
|VSF 14.03: CRD Public  Outreach
|VSF 14.03: CRD Public  Outreach
|Speakers' Bureau; gives preparedness presentations to requestors in the CRD
|[[Speakers Bureau]]; gives preparedness presentations to requestors in the CRD
|City
|City
|CRD
|CRD
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