COAD Response Network: Difference between revisions

# Our country's history with disaster response clearly demonstrates that nonprofit organizations, faith based institutions, and businesses often have a part responding to, or helping communities recover from, major emergencies and disasters. It is best practice for government emergency management organizations to form those relationships '''''prior''''' to an emergency event instead of standing up those relationships in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. This is the main purpose of establishing the COAD RN: for Portland regional disaster responders to be aware of what organizations may be available to assist, and to use established relationships to interface with those organizations.

# The participation of a COAD RN member is never compulsory. Logistics may request the help and/or material resources of COAD RN members, but members are encouraged to accept or decline the request in consideration of what is in the best interests of their organization and the communities they serve.

# Each COAD RN member's profile will include two key documents: a Concept of Operations ("CONOPS") which describes how an activated EOC should contact the organization; and a Capability Statement, which describes the way(s) in which the organization may be able to assist in response and/or recovery operations. These documents should be written to comply with [https://emap.org/emergency-management-standard/ EMAP standards] 4.6 and 4.9.  

# As COAD RN members participate voluntarily, their prospective response/recovery responsibilities are classified under the [[Volunteer Support Functions|Volunteer Support Function (VSF)]] system.