Program Overview
FAST stands for
What is Functional Assessment Service Team
This person approves your deployment
Who is your supervisor
The cot-by-cot assessment tool
What is the CMIST?
Check-in with shelter manager, receive assignments, find disability integration & health services
What are actions taken when first arriving at the shelter
The process of reunification, organize personal belongings, transportation, etc.
What is transitioning
SEMS stands for
What is Standardized Emergency Management System
FAST Vest & Badge
What are items to identify you as a FAST volunteer
Provides overall supervision of the shelter
Who is the Shelter Manager?
Used to track resource request progress, shared with other FAST members and Disaster Health Services
What is the Quick Notes form?
The document to reference as you assist shelter clients move from the shelter
What is the Relocation Checklist
NIMS stands for
What is National Incident Management System
Clothes, Phone Charger, Medications, etc.
What are items in a Go Bag
Residents check in/out of the shelter here
What is registration?
Aids communication using images, icons, and symbols
What is a visual language translator?
What is 211
Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration
What are the ICS roles?
Ways for you to identify conditions of the incident
What are hardship codes
Respect shelter staff and fellow residents, no weapons within the shelter, etc.
What are shelter rules?
Excessive blaming, Bottled up emotions, Isolation from others, Difficulty Concentrating, etc.
What are symptoms of Compassion Fatigue
Set-up by local government, Opened during non-declared disasters
What is the Local Assistance Center (LAC)
The five levels of SEMS
What are Field, Local Government, Operational Area, Regional, State
This person deploys State FAST Volunteers
Who is the State FAST Coordinator
Evaluates the health needs of all shelter residents, provides 24-hour health coverage, etc.
What is Disaster Health Services?
Use "people first" language, Don't touch mobility or medical equipment, Speak directly to the person, etc.
What are successful ways to interact with people with disabilities
Set-up in Presidentially declared disaster, Overseen by FEMA & State
What is the Disaster Recover Center (DRC)