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In some situations, you or Khaki might need to interact with these other cores or individuals.  These are good groups to know about: First Aid, Sanctuary, Fire, Radio, DPW, Gate, Security, Firefly Event Leads, Board
In some situations, you or Khaki might need to interact with these other cores or individuals.  These are good groups to know about: NorthBeast, First Aid, Oasis, Fire, Radio, DPW, Gate, Security, Firefly Event Leads, Board


== Other Safety Cores ==
== First Aid Resources ==


The other Safety Cores are in our Safety Cluster: First Aid, Sanctuary, Fire, and Radios.
=== Self-Service First Aid Supplies ===
There are self-service first aid supplies available. [Exact locations TBD, should be near Ranger HQ and at the Satellite Ops Location close to upper parking.]


=== First Aid Core ===
=== First Aid Volunteer ===
The First Aid Core (Formerly “Medical” is available for help with both serious and minor injuries. This core is changing its name for 2016 to better reflect the level of expertise of most of its volunteers. In a medical emergency, you can still call for a Medical Supervisor, but for non-emergency matters please call for “First Aid.” There will always be a Medical Supervisor and First l Volunteers on call during the event.
First Aid Volunteers have, at a minimum, basic first aid certifications and may be able to help with basic first aid needs like cuts and scrapes, minor burns, etc.. Firefly First Aid Volunteers are mobile and can be called on the Radio (Channel 1) [Check.] First Aid is another Core in the Ops Cluster.


If there is a call for a “blue dot”, Khaki will get clarification for whether First Aidl is needed or if it is a situation requiring minor first aid that a Ranger with first aid experience (“blue dot”) could respond to. Rangers, including blue dot Rangers, should defer to the judgement of First Aid staff.
=== NorthBeast EMT ===
For more serious injuries, professional, contracted NorthBeast EMTs with festival/event experience will staff the First Aid station (right by the Rangers) during the entire event. For Medical Emergencies, call Khaki on Channel 1 (Khaki, Khaki, I need EMTs at [Location] for [description of injury].  See [[Emergencies#Medical Emergency|Medical Emergencies]] for more details.


If it is a medical emergency, please still call for “MEDICAL” - not “blue dot” - to avoid confusion! 
== Other Event Ops (Formerly Safety) Cores ==


If needed, the Medical Supervisor will call 911.  No other Rangers should call 911.  Having a single, informed point of contact will ensure that the right help gets to the injured participant as quickly as possible.
The other Safety Cores are in our Safety Cluster: Fire, Radios, Sound.
 
If you would like to volunteer for First Aid, email medical@fireflyartscollective.org.


If you would like to be a Ranger who can help out with minor first aid, tell Khaki (see section 3.3 on Ranger “blue dots”).
=== OOD Core ===
New Core!  If you want to volunteer, contact ood@fireflyartscollective.org.  Currently this wiki has some of info for ICS. This on-call experienced Safety Volunteer (often but not exclusively Rangers) manages incidents. Their shifts are 24 hours.


=== Sanctuary===
===Fire Core and Fire Arts Safety Team (FAST)===
Sanctuary is a safe space where the citizens of Firefly can seek an outlet or assistance with any emotional trauma.  Sanctuary is located at the top of the field by the entrance to the woods towards Steam Bath. Sanctuary volunteers will always be available there, and there is a Sanctuary supervisor on-call.


If appropriate, Rangers can offer to escort or direct participants to Sanctuary if they’d like a quiet, safe place to talk with someone confidentially.  If you think a participant could benefit from some time in Sanctuary, call Khaki and explain the situation.  There may be a green dot available that could help - Khaki will know.  Remember that Sanctuary is a limited resource and, in most cases involving participants in some degree of distress, not a necessity. Use your discretion when suggesting or accessing Sanctuary as a resource. Sanctuary should not be used as a “drunk tank.”  If you do end up escorting someone to Sanctuary, let Khaki know.
Fire Core includes several teams: FAST (Fire Art Safety Team), Fire Enclave, and Fire Marshal.


While Sanctuary and Rangers are separate, they share skills in common.
Fire Core/FAST may be called to handle unattended fires and should be called to handle potentially unsafe flame effects.  Fire Core will be on the same radio channel as Rangers, but call any situation in to Khaki.


Skills: Both green dot Rangers and Sanctuary volunteers are trained to help participants who are in emotional distress.  However, “green dot” Rangers are Rangers, not Sanctuary volunteers, and Sanctuary volunteers are not “green dots”.  See Section about “green dots”.  There are separate Sanctuary and green dot trainings.  Volunteers for either group are welcome to cross-train in addition to their primary training - Sanctuary volunteers must attend Sanctuary training but are welcome to attend a green dot training when it is offered, and Rangers can attend Sanctuary training.
See section on [[Other Situation-Specific Procedures|Unattended Fires]].


In 2013 and 2014, Rangers were present at Sanctuary as a “Ranger Outpost”, but that as of 2015 there will no longer be a Ranger Outpost and there will no longer be Rangers positioned at Sanctuary.
Fire Core also provides fire safety training during Firefly that is open to anyone who is interested. This training occurs early in the event and for the Bug Burn Perimeter.


If you are interested in volunteering for Sanctuary or receiving Sanctuary training, please email sanctuary@fireflyartscollective.org.
If you are interested in Fire Core, email fire@fireflyartscollective.org.  Also see [https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/fast-fire-art-safety-team/ their page on the Firefly website].  


===Radio Core===


===Fire Core and Fire Arts Safety Team (FAST)===
The Radio Core (now separate from Rangers, but we work with them) maintains especially with testing radios and equipment.  If you are interested, email radios@fireflyartscollective.org.


Fire Core includes several teams: FAST (Fire Art Safety Team), Fire Enclave, and Fire Marshall.
=== Perimeter Core ===
New Core!  If you want to volunteer, you can take a look at [[Other Situation-Specific Procedures#Burn Perimeter]]. For questions, contact perimeter@fireflyartscollective.org.


The mission of the Fire Art Safety Team (FAST) is to provide experienced support for artists both pre-event and on-site and to ensure the safe use of fire and flame effects at Firefly.
=== Department of Mutant Vehicles (DMV) ===
New Core for managing the Art Car(t) policy, See https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/join-a-core/#dmv.


Fire Core/FAST may be called to handle unattended fires and should be called to handle potentially unsafe flame effects.  Fire Core will be on the same radio channel as Rangers, but always call any situation into Khaki.
== Other Firefly Cores & Roles ==
 
While not part of the Safety Cluster, '''Khaki may call on these groups for assistance''', and you may find yourself interacting with them in some situations.
See section on Unattended Fires in 10.6.
 
Fire Core also provides fire safety training during Firefly that open to anyone who is interested. This training occurs early in the event and for the Bug Burn Perimeter.


If you are interested in Fire Core, email fire@fireflyartscollective.org.
We recommend that you are aware of all the firefly cores.  See this page for more information: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/


If you are interested in volunteering for FAST or receiving training, email fast@fireflyartscollective.org.
Some particular groups include:


==Radio Core==
=== Oasis (formerly Sanctuary) ===
Oasis is now part of the Service Cluster.  Oasis (formerly Sanctuary) is a place for Firefly participants when they are feeling overwhelmed. Oasis helps participants coping with emotional trauma, interpersonal issues, anxiety, and over-stimulation. Throughout the festival there are always two volunteers at Oasis and two on call. The volunteers maintain a calm space and offer non-judgmental empathetic listening. Oasis is located at the top of the field by the entrance to the woods towards Steam Bath. 


The Radio Core (now separate from Rangers, but we work with them) maintains especially with testing radios and equipment.  If you are interested, email radios@fireflyartscollective.org.
f appropriate, Rangers can offer to escort or direct participants to Oasis if they’d like a quiet, safe place to talk with someone confidentially.  If you think a participant could benefit from some time in Oasis, contact Khaki.  There may be a ranger available that could help - Khaki will know.  Remember that Oasis is a limited resource and, in most cases involving participants in some degree of distress, not a necessity. Use your discretion when suggesting or accessing Oasis as a resource. Oasis should not be used as a “drunk tank.” If you do end up escorting someone to Oasis, let Khaki know.  


== Other Firefly Cores & Roles ==
If you are interested in volunteering for Oasis or receiving training, please email [mailto:sanctuary@fireflyartscollective.org sanctuary@fireflyartscollective.org].
While not part of the Safety Cluster, Khaki may call on these groups for assistance, and you may find yourself interacting with them in some situations.


DPW
=== DPW ===
DPW handles most event infrastructure.  Read more at https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/dpw/.


Gate
=== Firefly Event Leads & Board ===
The Firefly Event Leads and Board Members are available to help on event-level issues.  Khaki can contact them if needed.


Security
=== Security ===
At the gate, there are both Firefly Volunteers and hired Security (NorthBeast).  You are very unlikely to need to interact with them, but they are also part of why you should never have to have a direct, physical confrontation with any participant or other person on the property.


Firefly Event Leads
=== Gnomes ===
Gnomes are super helpful volunteers that often run errands for other cores.


Firefly Board
=== Accessibility Core ===
Accessibility Core volunteers help people with disabilities be included in Firefly by transporting their stuff up the hill. Mostly active during load-in and load-out, daytimes only.

Revision as of 17:56, 16 April 2024

In some situations, you or Khaki might need to interact with these other cores or individuals. These are good groups to know about: NorthBeast, First Aid, Oasis, Fire, Radio, DPW, Gate, Security, Firefly Event Leads, Board

First Aid Resources

Self-Service First Aid Supplies

There are self-service first aid supplies available. [Exact locations TBD, should be near Ranger HQ and at the Satellite Ops Location close to upper parking.]

First Aid Volunteer

First Aid Volunteers have, at a minimum, basic first aid certifications and may be able to help with basic first aid needs like cuts and scrapes, minor burns, etc.. Firefly First Aid Volunteers are mobile and can be called on the Radio (Channel 1) [Check.] First Aid is another Core in the Ops Cluster.

NorthBeast EMT

For more serious injuries, professional, contracted NorthBeast EMTs with festival/event experience will staff the First Aid station (right by the Rangers) during the entire event. For Medical Emergencies, call Khaki on Channel 1 (Khaki, Khaki, I need EMTs at [Location] for [description of injury]. See Medical Emergencies for more details.

Other Event Ops (Formerly Safety) Cores

The other Safety Cores are in our Safety Cluster: Fire, Radios, Sound.

OOD Core

New Core! If you want to volunteer, contact ood@fireflyartscollective.org. Currently this wiki has some of info for ICS. This on-call experienced Safety Volunteer (often but not exclusively Rangers) manages incidents. Their shifts are 24 hours.

Fire Core and Fire Arts Safety Team (FAST)

Fire Core includes several teams: FAST (Fire Art Safety Team), Fire Enclave, and Fire Marshal.

Fire Core/FAST may be called to handle unattended fires and should be called to handle potentially unsafe flame effects. Fire Core will be on the same radio channel as Rangers, but call any situation in to Khaki.

See section on Unattended Fires.

Fire Core also provides fire safety training during Firefly that is open to anyone who is interested. This training occurs early in the event and for the Bug Burn Perimeter.

If you are interested in Fire Core, email fire@fireflyartscollective.org. Also see their page on the Firefly website.

Radio Core

The Radio Core (now separate from Rangers, but we work with them) maintains especially with testing radios and equipment. If you are interested, email radios@fireflyartscollective.org.

Perimeter Core

New Core! If you want to volunteer, you can take a look at Other Situation-Specific Procedures#Burn Perimeter. For questions, contact perimeter@fireflyartscollective.org.

Department of Mutant Vehicles (DMV)

New Core for managing the Art Car(t) policy, See https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/join-a-core/#dmv.

Other Firefly Cores & Roles

While not part of the Safety Cluster, Khaki may call on these groups for assistance, and you may find yourself interacting with them in some situations.

We recommend that you are aware of all the firefly cores. See this page for more information: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/

Some particular groups include:

Oasis (formerly Sanctuary)

Oasis is now part of the Service Cluster. Oasis (formerly Sanctuary) is a place for Firefly participants when they are feeling overwhelmed. Oasis helps participants coping with emotional trauma, interpersonal issues, anxiety, and over-stimulation. Throughout the festival there are always two volunteers at Oasis and two on call. The volunteers maintain a calm space and offer non-judgmental empathetic listening. Oasis is located at the top of the field by the entrance to the woods towards Steam Bath.

f appropriate, Rangers can offer to escort or direct participants to Oasis if they’d like a quiet, safe place to talk with someone confidentially. If you think a participant could benefit from some time in Oasis, contact Khaki. There may be a ranger available that could help - Khaki will know. Remember that Oasis is a limited resource and, in most cases involving participants in some degree of distress, not a necessity. Use your discretion when suggesting or accessing Oasis as a resource. Oasis should not be used as a “drunk tank.” If you do end up escorting someone to Oasis, let Khaki know.

If you are interested in volunteering for Oasis or receiving training, please email sanctuary@fireflyartscollective.org.

DPW

DPW handles most event infrastructure. Read more at https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/dpw/.

Firefly Event Leads & Board

The Firefly Event Leads and Board Members are available to help on event-level issues. Khaki can contact them if needed.

Security

At the gate, there are both Firefly Volunteers and hired Security (NorthBeast). You are very unlikely to need to interact with them, but they are also part of why you should never have to have a direct, physical confrontation with any participant or other person on the property.

Gnomes

Gnomes are super helpful volunteers that often run errands for other cores.

Accessibility Core

Accessibility Core volunteers help people with disabilities be included in Firefly by transporting their stuff up the hill. Mostly active during load-in and load-out, daytimes only.

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