New to volunteering and want to feel prepared? I’m running a 45-minute skills-and-safety orientation Saturday at 10 a.m. in Room 204 — radio check-ins, spotter hand signals, and a quick buddy-check routine — plus a 2-minute demo on logging hours so supervisors know you’re cleared for tasks.
One tweak that’s helped new folks: add a 60-second “what to say on the radio if you spot a hazard” script and tape a hand-signal cheat sheet by the door so people can glance on the way out. For anyone who can’t make it, could you drop the “buddy-check” steps and the hour-log link here afterward? It’s like a pilot preflight, just with fewer wings.
I can run a 3-minute live radio round in Room 204 where each newcomer keys up with call sign + location — , first-day jitters cause dead air unless they practice. If the 45 minutes gets tight, swap the talky buddy-check for a quick paired demo at the door; I’ll post a QR to the hours log and this ICS-205 example: https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/fema_ics-205_communications-plan.pdf. Want me to slot that right after your “10 a.m.” radio check-ins?
Since it’s Saturday 10 a.m… in Room 204, can we kick off with a 90-second ‘PTT basics’ on actual radios — volume up, channel set, mic a fist away — and hand each newcomer a call‑sign sticker so they don’t freeze on first key‑up? , dead batteries derail everything, so I’ll bring a spare pack and a power strip; if 204’s reception is cranky, we can step into the hall for the check. Tiny add: a pocket card with the NATO phonetic alphabet helps first calls: NATO phonetic alphabet - Wikipedia — want me to print a dozen?