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The injury, disability, or death shall not have been caused by the willful misconduct, gross negligence, or bad faith of the claimant.

Only property that is deemed necessary and reasonable for the mission activity shall be considered for compensation, if lost or damaged.

• Compensation for the loss or theft of property left unsecured or for damage which could have been prevented through reasonable care may be denied.

After action reports shall be filed for:

• After action reports shall be filed for:

• All missions
• The required information includes location and other data on the incident, response, weather conditions, results, and resources used.
• Training events.
• The required information includes data on the training activities conducted, resources used, problems noted, corrective actions assigned, and other information of a training nature.

WAC 118-04 After Action Reports Shall Include

• WAC 118-04 After Action Reports Shall Include

• Information from the participating emergency workers, including individual daily activity reports, other reports, rosters, mission event and communications logs,
• Lost person information forms
• Training event logs
• Plans of instruction
• Instructor lists
• Any other information that may be helpful in a descriptive reconstruction of the mission or training event

Does an ARES team automatically fall under WAC 118-04 for all activities?

• Does an ARES team automatically fall under WAC 118-04 for all activities?

Federal Volunteer Protection Act of 1997

• Federal Volunteer Protection Act of 1997

• Services to government agencies or Section 501c(3) organizations are provided immunity from liability
• If acting within scope of official duties
• Provides broad liability protection for Amateurs in most contexts, especially under ARES
• Exceptions:
• Cause harm while operating a motor vehicle
• Grossly negligent
• Engages in criminal acts
• http://www.races.net/voluntr.html

RCW 4.24.300 Immunity from liability for certain types of medical care

• RCW 4.24.300 Immunity from liability for certain types of medical care

• Any person, including but not limited to a volunteer provider of emergency or medical services, who without compensation or the expectation of compensation renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency or who participates in transporting, not for compensation, therefrom an injured person or persons for emergency medical treatment shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the rendering of such emergency care or in transporting such persons, other than acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct
• Any person rendering emergency care during the course of regular employment and receiving compensation or expecting to receive compensation for rendering such care is excluded

Locate the ARRL website. Conduct a search for the Statement of Understanding (SOU) between The American Red Cross and ARRL. List three forms of assistance the Red Cross may request of ARRL ARES and NTS. (Hint: when searching the ARRL website, search on the term MOU rather than SOU).

• Locate the ARRL website. Conduct a search for the Statement of Understanding (SOU) between The American Red Cross and ARRL. List three forms of assistance the Red Cross may request of ARRL ARES and NTS. (Hint: when searching the ARRL website, search on the term MOU rather than SOU).

• If you were asked to develop a Statement of Understanding (SOU) between your local emcomm group and a local served agency, what general topics would you include?

Which of the following best describes your main job as an emergency communicator?

• Which of the following best describes your main job as an emergency communicator?

• Dispatcher, organizing the flow of vehicles, personnel, and supplies.
• Weather spotter.
• Radio operator, using Amateur or served agency radio systems.
• Resource coordinator, organizing the assignments of disaster relief volunteers.

Which of the following best describes the role of a modern emergency communicator?

• Which of the following best describes the role of a modern emergency communicator?

• You are strictly limited to communication tasks.
• You may be asked to serve any function that includes communication.
• You do anything a served agency asks.
• Discuss the situation with the served agency, and develop an alternative solution.

If you are asked by a served agency to perform a task that falls outside FCC rules, which of the following is a proper response?

• If you are asked by a served agency to perform a task that falls outside FCC rules, which of the following is a proper response?

• Document the request, and then do what is asked.
• Document the request, but refuse to do it.
• Leave immediately.
• Discuss the situation with the served agency, and develop an alternative solution.