Staffing Challenges:
Convergent Volunteerism
•Who are they?
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•Can they do the job?
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•Are they there to do the job?
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•Is there another job they SHOULD do?
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•Is there another place they SHOULD be?
–“Stand-down”
–Redirection
Speaking Points

•In the event of a large scale emergency, the converse situation of too many people wanting to be involved can also become problematic.

Narrative
   Emergencies often stem convergent volunteerism, many people coming forward to help, most who do not have any training in the field of emergency response.  You must anticipate this and have plans to cope with convergent volunteerism, the plan could be as simple as not letting any volunteers assist, but then you forgo the possibility that there may be useful people in the group.