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'''An Affiliated Team Volunteer ("ATV") is a volunteer who associates with and is assigned to a Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) but does not possess full "Active" NET volunteer status.''' <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''They are not deployed or [[Volunteer Risk, Injury Coverage, and Indemnification|indemnified]] by the City of Portland,'''</span> though they have a profile in the NET volunteer database and an assigned role in a team's response framework. | '''An Affiliated Team Volunteer ("ATV") is a volunteer who associates with and is assigned to a Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) but does not possess full "Active" NET volunteer status.''' <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''They are not deployed or [[Volunteer Risk, Injury Coverage, and Indemnification|indemnified]] by the City of Portland,'''</span> though they have a profile in the NET volunteer database and an assigned role in a team's response framework. | ||
'''What | '''What are the objectives of the ATV program?''' | ||
* Facilitate a denser neighborhood network for NET teams; | * Facilitate a denser neighborhood network for NET teams and use that network to enhance neighborhood-scale earthquake response capacity; | ||
* Develop relationships with non-NET neighbors (i.e. prospective [[Spontaneous Unaffiliated Volunteers (SUVs)|spontaneous volunteers]]) ''before'' a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. This positions them to assist in a post-earthquake response with | * Develop relationships with non-NET neighbors (i.e. prospective [[Spontaneous Unaffiliated Volunteers (SUVs)|spontaneous volunteers]]) ''before'' a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. This positions them to assist in a post-earthquake response with relationships, skillsets, and role already developed. | ||
* Offer Active NET volunteers who wish to reduce their involvement a medial stage between "Active" and separating from NET completely. | * Offer Active NET volunteers who wish to reduce their involvement a medial stage between "Active" and separating from NET completely. | ||
