California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 2 - California Governor's Office of Emergency Services › Chapter 2 - Emergencies and Major Disasters › Subchapter 3 - Disaster Service Worker Volunteer Program › Article 3 - Classifications and General Duties of Disaster Service Worker Volunteers › Section 2572.1 - Classifications and General Duties

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The various classifications of disaster service worker
						volunteers and the general duties of the members of each classification shall
						be limited to those described below. It is the responsibility of the accredited
						disaster council (or designated agency or authority) to determine the
						appropriate level of background check, if any, for each classification.
(a) Animal Rescue, Care and Shelter.
					 Veterinarians, veterinary support staff and animal handlers/specialists
					 providing skills in the rescue, clinical treatment, euthanasia, disposal and
					 transportation of all animals, including but not limited to companion animals,
					 livestock, avian, fish, equine, exhibition animals, zoo animals, laboratory and
					 research animals, and wildlife; assisting in the procurement of shelters,
					 equipment, and supplies; documenting arrival, sheltering, treatment, and
					 discharge or placement of animals.
(b) Communications. Install, operate and
					 maintain various communications systems and perform related service, to assist
					 officials and individuals in the protection of life and property.
(c) Community Emergency Response Team Member.
					 Under the direction of emergency personnel or a designated team leader, assist
					 emergency units within their block, neighborhood, or other area assignment;
					 survey area conditions; disseminate information; secure data desirable for
					 emergency preparedness planning; report incidents; and generally assist
					 officials and individuals in the protection of life and property.
(d) Emergency Operations Center/Incident
					 Command. Under the direction and supervision of the EOC/IC assist at the city,
					 county, region, State, or departmental level of government in the coordination
					 of overall response and support to an incident including performing in one or
					 more of the Standardized Emergency Management System functions.
(e) Human Services. Assist in providing food,
					 clothing, bedding, shelter, and rehabilitation aid; register evacuees to
					 promote reuniting families and to support the needs of special populations;
					 compile authoritative lists of deceased and missing persons; and other phases
					 of emergency human services, such as maintaining morale and administering to
					 the mental health, religious or spiritual needs of persons suffering from the
					 effects of the disaster.
(f) Fire.
					 As auxiliary fire fighters or auxiliary wildland fire fighters, assist regular
					 fire fighting forces or fire protection agencies to fight fire, rescue persons,
					 and save property; control forest or wildland fires or fire hazards; instruct
					 residents in fire prevention and property defense methods, methods of detecting
					 fire, and precautions to be observed in reducing fire hazards.
(1) For purposes of these regulations only,
					 the ratios between auxiliary fire fighters, volunteer fire fighters, and paid
					 fire fighters shall be one auxiliary for one volunteer and three volunteers for
					 one paid fire fighter. The basis for applying these ratios is that the staffing
					 of an engine company, truck company, or a squad shall not exceed six paid fire
					 fighters, and a salvage and rescue company shall not exceed two paid fire
					 fighters. A fire department that has no volunteer fire fighters is limited to
					 three auxiliary fire fighters for each paid fire fighter in the companies and
					 squads, staffed as above. These staffing standards are based on the number of
					 first line (not reserve) apparatus operated by the fire department.
(2) When auxiliary fire fighters are
					 registered with other than an established fire service organization; for
					 example, auxiliary fire fighters in a county or city emergency management
					 services organization, a total number of eligible auxiliary fire fighters shall
					 be computed for that city or unincorporated area. The emergency management
					 services organization is entitled to register auxiliary fire fighters not
					 otherwise registered with other established fire service organizations, and to
					 a number not to exceed the allowable total as indicated in Section
					 2572.1(f)(1),
					 above.