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<br /> <br />resource during flood emergencies. While they may not be <br />physically able to perform heavy labor, there are many roles that <br />they can effectively play. <br /> <br />Notes <br /> <br />There may be a critical need for temporary child care services <br />during a flood emergency. Parents may require temporary child <br />care service while they prepare their homes for flooding or <br />volunteer their services to the community flood fight. Temporary <br />child care centers may be an excellent outlet for senior citizen <br />volunteers. <br /> <br />Some method must be established to register and track <br />volunteers. To be eligible for worker's compensation benefits, <br />some states require that volunteers complete and sign registration <br />forms. Planners must research the specific requirements applicable <br />to their area and design systems to meet them. <br /> <br />A variety of methods have been successfully used to register <br />and track volunteers. In one community, volunteers were required <br />to register at local high schools before they would be allowed to <br />work. Rather than using a cumbersome paper registration process, <br />the Apple™ computer system in the high school was used to <br />complete the process. A simple data base was created by some <br />local students with the required registration information. This <br />provided a rapid and effective means of registering and tracking <br />the volunteer workforce. <br /> <br />Once registered, the volunteers were assigned a tracking <br />number, which was written on a brightly colored adhesive label <br />with their name, and applied to the backs of their clothing. Only <br />volunteers displaying this identification strip were allowed to work <br />--------onllie flood fight. <br /> <br />WORKER # 247 <br /> <br />NAME:..Jim Smith-Park HiQh SclJQQl <br />Randolf Emergency Preparedness Agency <br /> <br />There are several other benefits to this system. The registration <br />centers serve as natural staging areas. Parking was ample and the <br />volunteers were bussed to their work sites, thus reducing traffic in <br />the threatened areas. When one worker was injured, his registra- <br />tion number was used to quickly identify him and the information <br />gathered during the registration process was used to make the <br />appropriate family notifications. <br /> <br />Page 6 - 5 <br />