Longview Hills @ Newport Oregon

Job Descriptions for Neighborhood Watch

Neighborhood Watch Coordinator

• The Neighborhood Watch Coordinator trains Block Captains in his/her area.

• The Coordinator gets his/her area Block Captains the supplies they need.

• Meetings with the 2 other Coordinators happen as needed to keep everyone on the same page.

• The Coordinators monitor the LVH Neighborhood Watch Network on FRS CH5 18 to 24 hours a day when they are in park. They answer (caller) residents with information about park conditions when asked.

• The Coordinator may pass on to other listeners on CH 5 the status of strange vehicles or events in the park and make a determination of who to call (example: 911).

• During an emergency CERT will ask for an assessment of people and structural damage. The Coordinator and his/her Block Capt. Will call in results to CERT Communications.

• Notice that now the coordinator does not operate a phone tree.. The responsibility for informing residents now rests where it should... with each resident. If a condition such as a power outage or other emergency is going on the individuals should go to FRS CH 5 and ask about it or if they choose do nothing.. It is up to each individual.

Neighborhood Watch Block Captain

• The Neighborhood Watch Block Captain has an assigned number of homes to watch adjacent to his/her home.

• The term ‘watch’ means learning about your neighbors. Keeping informed when they are on vacations. Do they have a medical condition that Paramedics should know about, Do they have animals. How many are normally in residence and during an emergency how many are actually there?

• Block Captains need to have an FRS radio so that they can report suspicious activity or persons to the LVH Neighborhood Watch Network and so they can inform CERT of their people during an emergency.

• Once again the Block Captain does not have to inform his/her charges about anything. That responsibility belongs to each and every community member.

Neighborhood Watch Patrol

• At the present time the Neighborhood Watch Patrol operates with volunteers that simply agree to put a patrol sign on their autos and keep it on for as long as they want to. At the end of that time the sign is simply returned to the little red truck in front of the Thomas home on Windmill dr. When someone sees extra signs on the truck they just stop by and pick a set off the truck and put them on their own vehicles until once again they tire of it and return them to the red truck.