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Transportation Team: Roles, Trainings, and Certifications


The Transportation Category is supported by the Transportation Team and its various subteams.


Roles

Examples

Functions

Trainings

Certifications

Operations Section Lead


Communicate with each Transportation Team Lead about specific needs

  • FEMA ICS-100 (An Introductionto the Incident Command System)

  • FEMA ICS-700 (An Introduction to the National Incident Management System)


Background check

Transportation Team Lead



  • Supervise Transportation subteams

  • Assign a crew to meet the need communicated by the Operations Section Lead

  • Coordinate all transportation responses to needs and requests

  • FEMA ICS-100 (An Introductionto the Incident Command System)

  • FEMA ICS-700 (An Introduction to the National Incident Management System)

  • Other supporting FEMA classes specific to local disasters (amateur radio, tsunami survival)

Background check

Subteam Leads

  • Flotilla Team Lead

  • Bike Team Lead

  • BigWheels Team Lead

  • Supervise team

  • Ensure team members follow Standard Operating Procedures

  • Run trainings

  • FEMA ICS-100 (An Introductionto the Incident Command System)

  • FEMA ICS-700 (An Introduction to the National Incident Management System)

Background check

Crew Captain

  • Boat Captain

  • Bike Brigade Captain

Manage a particular vehicle, vessel, or squad

  • FEMA ICS-100 (An Introductionto the Incident Command System)

  • FEMA ICS-700 (An Introduction to the National Incident Management System)

Background check

Crew

Boat Crew

Bike Brigade (two or three bikes)

Follow the captain’s instructions

  • FEMA ICS-100 (An Introductionto the Incident Command System)

  • FEMA ICS-700 (An Introduction to the National Incident Management System)

Background check


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