Volunteer Support Functions: Difference between revisions
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=== Policy Statement === | === Policy Statement === | ||
PBEM will declare and make a best effort to develop areas of disaster resilience specializations called Volunteer Support Functions (VSFs) and list them in a VSF Catalog. Each VSF is subdivided into one or more volunteer position descriptions. Each position description provides expectations (such as appropriate training and PPE) relevant to that position in an approach modeled from [https://rtlt.preptoolkit.fema.gov/Public FEMA's Resource Typing Library]. | |||
The volunteer profiles of all active PBEM volunteers will associate the volunteer with at least one VSF, with an option to associate with a maximum of two. This will be indicated on profiles as a "Primary VSF" and an optional "Secondary VSF". Furthermore: | |||
* NET volunteers are not required to choose a VSF. If they do not actively choose a Primary VSF, they will automatically be assigned to the Search and Rescue VSF. | |||
* [[Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs)|ATVs]] are '''''required''''' to declare a VSF before they can be activated as ATVs. Not all volunteer positions are appropriate for ATVs; the VSF Catalog will indicate which positions are available to prospective ATVs. | |||
* Volunteers who are only BEECN volunteers are automatically placed in the VSF associated with Public Information. However, BEECN volunteers may declare a Secondary VSF. | |||
VSFs will shape volunteer engagement policies for PBEM. The popularity of a VSF, for example, may lead to an increase in training events dedicated to the positions subdividing that VSF. | |||
