Activation Protocols: Self-deployment

a.    A key factor for NET Members is the ability to spontaneously organize and activate themselves in the event of a major disaster. If there is a significant earthquake, phones and other communications channels may be interrupted. NET Members will know where to go, how to organize their efforts, and will get to work without any specific order being issued.

b. The assumption preceding a NET self-deployment is that:

1. a large citywide emergency is taking place,
2. communication systems (such as landlines and cell phones) are inoperative, and
3. Members have not received instructions from PBEM and cannot reach the NET Emergency Activation recording.

NETs do not self deploy unless all three conditions are met.

c.  After addressing the responsibilities indicated in Responsibilities Prior to Deployment, Members self deploy to the NET Staging Area following the Standard Deployment Protocol described in paragraph "e" of Activation Protocols: PBEM Initiated Deployments.