Volunteer with Neighbourhood Emergency Assistance Team

NEAT Courses

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  Critical Incident Stress Management

  Another NEAT continuing education workshop (CEW) the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) workshop is presented as an interactive evening designed to help our NEAT volunteers in their understanding of a wide range of peer support crisis intervention services. CISM training helps prepare participants to effectively understand and implement these interventions, specifically after tragic or catastrophic events in the workplace or community.

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  Dedicated Fire Protection System

  The City installed the Dedicated Fire Protection System (DFPS) in 1994 to help protect the city in the event of a major earthquake. As a team member you will get a guided tour of the Dedicated Fire Protection System operation centre. This is your opportunity to familiarize yourself with how the DFPS will work if a major earthquake hits Vancouver.

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  First Aid and Simple Triage

  All NEAT participants are encouraged to take basic first aid and CPR training. If you have taken the NEAT program, the course only covers a basic understanding of disaster first aid. In this course you will go into more detail about disaster first aid and discuss why disaster first aid is critical when conduct triage and treating multiple victims.

  Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) is a critical concept for initially dealing with casualties in a disaster.

  History has proven that 40% of disaster victims can be saved with simple (rapid) medical care. START is based on the premise that a simple medical assessment and rapid treatment based on that assessment will yield positive – often lifesaving – results.

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  Disaster Staging Areas

  The City has identified earthquakes as a high ranking hazard. As a result of this, the City has broken the city down into six key zones and positioned each location with a storage container consisting of essential equipment that will be required to support the re-establishment of command and control and the coordination of resources immediately following a moderate to severe earthquake. The Disaster Staging Areas (DSAs) will be a meeting point for City staff and volunteers such as the NEAT members and will coordinate the required response in each zone.

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  Bicycle Emergency Response Team

  The Bicycle Emergency Response Team (BERT) training will teach you the basics of bike mechanics, the expectations involved in assisting at a DSA and couriering supplies and communications if there are in a disaster. If the roadways are impassable to vehicle traffic; bicycle may be one of the means of transport and supply delivery. Learn how you can get involved.

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  Incident Command System and Radio Communication

  The Incident Command System (ICS) is the system used by emergency response agencies to manage emergency operations. When NEAT activates, they become part of that system.

  The NEAT ICS organizational structure will provide:

  • A well-defined management structure (leadership, functional areas, reporting chain, working in teams)
  • A manageable span of control that provides for a desirable rescuer-to-supervisor ratio of between three and seven rescuers per supervisor
  • Common terminology that contributes to effective communication and shared understanding
  • Effective communication among team members and with professional responders, including the use or radios
  • Consolidated action plans that coordinate strategic goals, tactical objectives, and support activities
  • Comprehensive resource management that facilitates application of available resources to the incident
  • Accountability