👩💻 What Logistics Users can do in CORE TeamFinding Members to DeployUtilizing search Search filters: “Fire Centre/Home Location”There are three two main ways to use go about using the “Fire Fire Centre/Home Location” filter: Selecting Location filter. The first one is using it find people who reside in a selected area (fire centre/home location). When choosing an option from this dropdown menu, you can either: This filter automatically refines the search results to members who belong to the selected fire centre(s) and/or home location(s). Potential scenarios that may require search by home location: Search filters: Willingness to TravelThe second way is to use the Fire Centre/Home Location filter to search for members who are able to travel to a specific area. In this case, the fire centre or location that is selected refers to the area that you want to deploy the member to, rather than where people are coming from. To do this, you must: Select a location; Simply check the box that says “Show members willing to travel to the selected location(s)”.
The search results below will automatically refresh, showing all members who are willing to travel to the selected area, regardless of where they live in the province.  Image AddedPotential scenarios that may require search by willingness to travel: Search filters: Specify experience level for Section/RoleIf you want to find members who have a specific experience level for a section/role: Select a role from the “Section/Role” dropdown menu; If you only want to see people who have experience in the selected role (i.e., have previously sat on a role in past deployments) select “Experienced Only”; If you only want to see people who do not have experience but are interested in the selected role, select “Interested Only”.
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 Open “Availability Date Range” and click on a start and end date on the date picker. This will set the date range for the availability status selected in step 1.
 In this example, the search results will be automatically refreshed to just members who are available any day(s) between June 10-17, 2024. “Available”: indicates that the member is available every day between June 10th and June 17th. “Available x of x days”: indicates that the member is only available for certain days out of the total number of days in the selected date range.
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Practice navigating the dashboard with the following scenario: For deployment, please search for member(s) who meet the following requirements: Lives in or near Nanaimo (Coastal Fire Centre); Is interested or experienced in the food unit leader role under Logistics; Is available for deployment for at least 3 consecutive days between June 13-20, 2024.
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Once you have found a suitable member, you can browse deeper in their profile to further assess their deployment readiness. Some actions you can do with the member profile: Using the organization info displayed under “Member Details”, you can contact the member’s supervisor/liaison to confirm the member’s participation for an upcoming deployment.
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Scheduling MembersAdding an AvailabilityOn the member’s profile, you can update the scheduler by either clicking “Update Availability” on the top right corner of the section, or select a date block directly on the calendar.
 Add a new availability in the pop-up modal. Select a start and end date for the availability date range. You can do this by clicking on the date picker or entering a valid date in the date fields. Click on one of the three statuses for the selected date range. If you are setting up a deployment, you can enter a valid Task/Resource Request number. Once you have added all the required details, click “Save”.
 You will see the selected date range and availability status highlighted in the member’s schedule. If you want to edit or delete an existing availability on the calendar, simply click on the date range on the member’s schedule and make changes in the Edit Availability Modal.
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Note that you can now also see all EMCR deployments in the same calendar, if a member is enrolled in both EMCR and BCWS. |
Editing Profile SectionsIf you want to update any information under “Member Details”, “Sections & Roles”, and “Skills & Certifications”, simply click on the “Edit” button on the top right corner of each section. Editing Sections & RolesUnder section ranking, you can modify the member’s first second choices Image RemovedAdd role under a section by clicking “Add Another Role”. Image RemovedSelect a role under “Role Title”, then select the experience level for the role. If you want to remove a row, click “Delete” next to said row. Once all changes are made, click “Save” to update the profile.
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