TEAM MEMBER DEPLOYABILITY POINT SYSTEM:

When team members are chosen for deployment, the composition of the team and the individuals chosen is based on a number of parameters. Primarily, the composition of the team is defined to enable the TADMAT to meet the mission required. Some missions do not require an entire team, for example the requesting agency may require only Physicians and Nurses and no support personnel. When this type of request is received, the Unit Commander and Executive Officer will evaluate the missions and if necessary, stipulate to the requesting agency that support personnel are required to complete a successful mission. Some missions however, will not require support personnel as those logistical issues have been predefined and managed by the requesting agency.

For any deployment, the Executive Committee will first poll the team to discover which team members are capable of deploying for the expected duration of the deployment. [Note: it is the team members responsibility to see that the TADMAT Personnel Officer has accurate notification information or you may not be called for a deployment. The TADMAT voice mail and pager system will be used for notification as well as a general call up]. Next, these team members will be listed by job description and qualification and by order of the number of points they have received and are on file. The point system is used to gauge the team members experience and capability for functioning on a Disaster Medical Assistance Team. Those team members that have the highest number of points and meet the qualifications set forth for each job description necessary for the mission will be designated for deployment first. The fact that a team members has deployed on previous disaster missions will be figured in to decision for deployment and at the Executive Committees discretion, may be done regardless of points accumulated.

Points are awarded for attending meetings and training sessions. Additionally, points may be awarded to members of special committee's or projects after being reviewed and accepted by a majority vote of the Executive Committee. Each year on January 1st, the points will be reset to 33% of the previous years points. Points will be awarded based on the following criteria:

• No points are given if you are not physically present at the function.
• To receive points for attendance at any meeting or other event, you must sign in / out and be present for >50% of the time of the meeting.
• All committee chairpersons are responsible for creating, insuring the validity of, and submitting these sign in/ out logs (with times) to the proper record keeping personnel in a timely manner.
• If all members of a committee are not required for a particular activity (meeting, work party, etc.) then a rotational system must be utilized so as to afford an equal opportunity for all members of that committee to accumulate points.
• Previous experience (deployments) will be noted in point record as YES or NO for each deployment
• 1 point is given for each monthly meeting, committee meeting, training session (separate from the monthly meeting training) and for each overnight stay during a 2 day drill.
• 2 points are given for each full day's drill (>6 hours)
• Clarification of whether an event constitutes a deployment versus a drill will be made by the Executive Committee