1、Designation:F204700(Reapproved 2012)Standard Practice forWorkers Compensation Coverage of Emergency ServicesVolunteers1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2047;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year
2、 of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This practice defines the application of insurance ben-efits for emergency services volunteers and units in the mannera
3、nd extent as provided for under the workers compensationstatutes of the state in which the volunteer or unit providesservices.1.2 This practice identifies the basic types of emergencyservice volunteer,and the types of activities that should becovered by workers compensation insurance.1.3 This practi
4、ce includes both emergency service units whooperate as organized resources to a public authority legallyresponsible for the provision of search and rescue and otheremergency services,as well as those volunteers who respond toa general request to the public for their services.2.Terminology2.1 activit
5、y periodThe period during which the emer-gency services volunteer,unit,or auxiliary is exercising theskills for which it has been requested.2.1.1 DiscussionThis activity period may include a widevariety of functions,including but not limited to:a search andrescue team member searching or climbing a
6、cliff,a dog teamhandler following a scent;a firefighter engaged in suppressinga fire or rescuing a person from a burning building;anambulance driver or medic providing medical assistance;atracker leading a tracking team;a disaster worker in a collapsedbuilding;a pilot engaged in an air search flight
7、;or emergencycommunications personnel providing communications during atime of need.2.2 auxiliary unit(AU)an individual,or a collection ofindividuals,forming a unit called to respond by a legalauthority responsible for an emergency response function,which otherwise has no standing as a formal divisi
8、on orresource of that authority.For the purposes of this practice,theauxiliary status of an ESU means it has no legal responsibilityfor the services itself within the jurisdiction of the agency,andno authority to provide them without acting under that of theagency.2.2.1 DiscussionThe auxiliary unit
9、is typically organizedas a division of an agency(as defined in 2.12),or as anon-profit corporation as defined in IRS Section 501(c)3,andwhich has a command structure that enables it to fit within theincident command system of a requesting agency.Such a unitis expected to adopt a training program suf
10、ficient to maintain askill level equal to or greater than recognized national stan-dards or as acceptable to the agency requesting their services,and will typically engage in community education programs.Some examples of an AU are volunteer search and rescueresources,air search squads,emergency mana
11、gers,search dogspecialists,ambulance squads,fire fighters,disaster serviceworkers,and communication specialists who are asked torespond to assist another state,county,or national park toprovide their services to augment those available to theauthorized requesting agency in that other state or jurisd
12、iction.2.3 call-outthe notice and request to activate an ESU orESV by an agency for the purpose of providing emergencyservices on behalf of the requesting agency.2.3.1 DiscussionIf members are requested to responddirectly,through radio paging,for example,then each memberis considered to be called-ou
13、t and responding as of that time.2.4 check-inthe process by which one party notifies asecond of being in-service or responding to a request forservices,and the second party acknowledges,typically byvoice and entry in a formal log.2.4.1 DiscussionCheck-in occurs when an individual ESVcontacts the res
14、ponding ESU,or when the ESU or ESVcontacts the requesting legal authority.Members of an ESUwill typically be checked-in by the ESU upon first verificationof their response to the call-out,either in person at a rendez-vous point or search base,by radio,or other means dictated bythe type of response.T
15、he ESU will typically check-in with thelegal authority either at the incident site or search base,or byradio once it is mobilized appropriately to establish itself asready for deployment to the incident.A GPEV is required tocheck-in at the response place designated for such volunteers,and to be mark
16、ed as in service on the personnel log.1This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F32 on Search andRescue and is the direct responsibility of F32.02 on Management and Operations.Current edition approved May 1,2012.Published June 2012.Originallyapproved in 2000.Last previous edition approved in 2006 as F2047 00(2006).DOI:10.1520/F2047-00R12.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 2.5 check-outthe process by which
