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UAN offers the following resources to volunteers who are preparing for or returning from a deployment.
This page is not intended for distribution; contents are intended solely for trained, active EARS volunteers.
- Make sure your tetanus vaccination is current.
- Make sure you have your EARS badge.
- Print and sign the Indemnity and Hold Harmless Release [PDF].
If you have not been on a deployment in the last 12 months, or are instructed to do so in your deployment confirmation e-mail, please print, sign and bring with you.
- Review the EARS Volunteer Manual and Standard Operating Guidelines [PDF].
This document includes information detailing standard operating guidelines (SOGs) for how EARS conducts its work in most situations. SOGs are a method of recording and sharing best practices for the many detailed aspects of operating a temporary emergency shelter. The file is 2 MB and may take a few minutes to download.
- Code of Conduct / UAN's Pledge to Volunteers [link]
Signed annually by all EARS volunteers. This information is also found in the Volunteer Manual/SOGs.
- Insurance Information [PDF]
Review UAN's current volunteer insurance policy. This information is also found in the Volunteer Manual/SOGs.
- Expense log [PDF]
Volunteers can use this document to track expenses while on deployment for tax purposes. This is for a volunteer's individual use only. UAN does not offer reimbursement for costs associated with deploying as an EARS volunteer.
- Recommended packing list [pdf]
Here is an extensive list of items to consider bringing with you on deployment. You can also visit the EARS Volunteer Forum to read additional recommendations from EARS volunteers.
- Message board access [link]
Visit the EARS Volunteer Forum on UAN’s Online Community to communicate with fellow volunteers. If the deployment is confidential, please do not post about it on the message boards until the situation is public. Having trouble accessing the message boards? Please e-mail UAN.
- Picasa photo site [link]
Visit our Picasa Web site to view photos from recent deployments. After the deployment, you can e-mail your own photos to UAN for inclusion. This site is not intended for distribution.
- VoluntE.A.R.S. Network Login [link]
- United Animal Nations Blog [link]
Visit the UAN blog site to catch up on recent deployments. Share this link with family and friends.
- Social networking sites [link]
Add UAN to your social networking sites to keep your friends and family apprised of the latest videos, stories and news.
- Topics on the EARS Volunteer Forum:
- "Confidentiality reminder" [link]
- "Good ideas for deployment equipment" [link]
- "I wish someone would've told me" [link]
- Top Ten Things to Remember When You Deploy [PDF]
Written by Barbara Marrow, EARS volunteer
- OSHA Preventing Heat Stress [pdf]
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