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ICS forms provide a template to NET volunteers for documenting activities during a deployment. Though efforts to save life and property take priority over documentation, <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''documenting activities is nonetheless important and should be a routine part of NET training, drills, and response.'''</span>  Documentation serves several crucial functions:
[[File:2015.10.24.Op Whitestag.EJones (14).jpg|thumb|'''''Using NET ICS Forms during Operation Whitestag at [[Scenario Village]]. Photo by Ernest Jones, October 24 2015.''''']]ICS forms provide a template to NET volunteers for documenting activities during a deployment. Though efforts to save life and property take priority over documentation, <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''documenting activities is nonetheless important and should be a routine part of NET training, drills, and response.'''</span>  Documentation serves several crucial functions:


* '''Documentation passed to other emergency responders helps them understand the status of resources, allowing them to deploy their own resources effectively and appropriately. Good documentation saves time, and therefore, lives.'''
* '''Documentation passed to other emergency responders helps them understand the status of resources, allowing them to deploy their own resources effectively and appropriately. Good documentation saves time, and therefore, lives.'''
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* '''Improved communication between functional areas and functional teams, and between shifts.'''
* '''Improved communication between functional areas and functional teams, and between shifts.'''
* '''Thorough documentation facilitates reimbursements from FEMA.'''
* '''Thorough documentation facilitates reimbursements from FEMA.'''
[[File:2015.10.24.Op Whitestag.EJones (14).jpg|thumb|'''''Using NET ICS Forms during Operation Whitestag at [[Scenario Village]]. Photo by Ernest Jones, October 24 2015.''''']]
The purpose of this NETwiki page is to specify the recommended ICS forms, and how volunteers use forms. This page also serves as a one-stop repository for downloading latest versions of the forms.
The purpose of this NETwiki page is to specify the recommended ICS forms, and how volunteers use forms. This page also serves as a one-stop repository for downloading latest versions of the forms.