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An Affiliated Team Volunteer ("ATV") is a volunteer who associates with, and is assigned to, a NET Team but does not possess full "Active" NET volunteer status. '''They are not deployed or indemnified by the City of Portland.''' The purpose of ATVs is to self-deploy with NETs in the aftermath of an earthquake if they are able to and lend their effort to the local response. | An Affiliated Team Volunteer ("ATV") is a volunteer who associates with, and is assigned to, a NET Team but does not possess full "Active" NET volunteer status. <span style="background:#FFFF00">''''They are not deployed or indemnified by the City of Portland.'''</span> The purpose of ATVs is to self-deploy with NETs in the aftermath of an earthquake if they are able to and lend their effort to the local response. | ||
== ATV Program History == | == ATV Program History == | ||
"ATV" was first coined and suggested to Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM) by NET volunteer David Given. David worked with Boy Scout volunteers and requested a volunteer status that kept a non-NET disaster response volunteer "in the loop" of NET activities and encouraged forming a planning relationship with local teams. | "ATV" was first coined and suggested to Jeremy Van Keuren (PBEM) by NET volunteer David Given. David worked with Boy Scout volunteers and requested a volunteer status that kept a non-NET disaster response volunteer "in the loop" of NET activities and encouraged forming a planning relationship with local teams. | ||
