County employees ready to serve during disasters
What it means to be a Disaster Service Worker (DSW)
By definition, "DISASTER SERVICE WORKER" means any designated disaster service worker, which includes public employees and any unregistered person pressed into service during a local emergency, state of emergency and/or State of War emergency, by a person having authority to command the aid of citizens in the execution of his duties. It does not include any member registered as an active firefighting member of any regularly organized volunteer fire department, having official recognition, and full or partial support of the county, city, town, or district in which such fire department is located.
All county employees receive Incident Command System (ICS) training to help them better understand their role during a disaster. Additionally, employees are encouraged to utilize the resources at RivCoReady.org to help them prepare themselves and their families for disasters.
During disasters county employees may be tasked with performing important duties necessary to meet the needs of our residents and community. Those duties may or may not be the same as you perform on a daily basis and may or may not be at your normal workplace. Employees are encouraged to speak with their supervisors to learn more about the role of a DSW.