Ministry Description:

Provides the ability to respond to emergency situations inside and outside church building. This ministry consists of four teams made up of a lead and two guardians. All team members plus alternates are trained in CPR, AED, first aid, and de-escalation techniques. They are also the first point of contact with emergency personnel.

Volunteer Positions/Number of Volunteers Needed: — (12 – 15)

a. Director (1) Responsible for budgeting, training, scheduling and submitting the annual report. Additionally, the director will review and update policy and procedures and provide leadership to the ERT ministry.

b. Lead (4) Determines how their team will be deployed on duty, provide any threat briefings to the on-duty team, and ensure the ERT is deployed properly in accordance with church ERT policy and procedures

c. Guardians (8-10) Provides a security and first aid response; additionally, can be deployed inside or outside the church building and provides a presence by roving patrols on church grounds.

Expectations:

a. A rotation schedule will be maintained by the ERT director(s). b. Duties will be flexible and will be need-based on any given day. c. All members of the ERT ministry should check-in to the on-duty Lead, whether they are scheduled to be on-shift or off-shift. d. On-duty ERT members will wear a designated badge, identifying them as an ERT member. e. On-duty ERT members will be issued a radio from the ERT Office. All ERT members should have paper and pen available or cell phone to take notes. f. Off-duty ERT members will provide back-up to on-duty ERT. g. Each shift should have a moment of prayer. h. ERT members will be briefed of recent events, potential threats to the church, and receive their shift assignments while on duty by the on-duty ERT Lead. i. A radio check and review of panic button procedures for the radios will be conducted.

a. The ERT on-duty Lead will ensure the nursery and the second floor kids ministry check-in desk have radios and that they are turned on, as well as provide assistance with radio procedures to children’s ministry workers.

Time Commitment:

Each team will serve one Sunday a month with fifth Sundays covered by the alternates and/or the regularly scheduled team members. The start time is 45 minutes prior to a protected event and typically ends 45 minutes after the last event. A typical Sunday will require the on-duty team members to serve three and a half hours, running from 8:45 AM – 12:15 PM.