As with any organization, we use terms and phrases that have specific meanings to us-but not to you. Here is my attempt to explain us.
CAC the former TSP disaster response team; now Citizens Assisting Citizens
DEPLOYABLE A volunteer who, in most cases, can respond and remain on scene for at least 3 days
NON-DEPLOYABLE A volunteer who due to health, family, financial or other sound reason cannot deploy. While there is a major focus for "boots on the ground" volunteers, "shoes at home" volunteers are just as important to handle the day to day jobs that don't require being on scene.
GENERAL VOLUNTEER ALL OF US! We will, of course, need volunteers with special licenses, training, education, skills and hobbies but we must all be ready to pitch in where needed. If you posses specialized skills please let us know in the comments section of the volunteer registration form. We certainly will utilize your skills when we can.
REGION COORDINATOR For administrative purposes we chose to adopt the FEMA geographic regions. Region Coordinators have been chosen by the Executive Director from applicants and passed background checks. They are tasked with coordinating deployment and non-deployment activities. We are still looking for a few, so if you are interested please let us know and I will send you a more complete description.
BACKGROUND CHECK Some positions require a criminal background check. These are conducted by a licensed private investigative agency and the results are known only to the Executive Director and the volunteer. There are no automatic disqualifiers. If something troubling should arise, it will be resolved in a private conversation between the Executive Director and the volunteer.
Well that does it for now, special thanks to the mod who deleted my fat fingered first attempt at this post and Cedar who pointed out a basic mistake.
