Do you want to be one of the cool kids at Apogaea? Be part of a family of caring individuals who gift their professional experience to the Burner Community? Then join the Bureau of Apogaea Medical and Fire! (We’re affectionately known as BAMF.)
BAMF needs 60-70 Medical Professionals and 16-26 Fire Professionals. That’s about 4% of the total event population, which is a really big number. This brings us to you…and your friends. Please step up and volunteer for a shift or two! Recruit your medical and firefighter friends! You’ll be introducing them to our unique culture and helping out the community. And did we mention you get to hang with the cool kids?
We Need:
- Executive Officer
- [expand title=”Medical Specialists”]
Shifts – 8 hours: Day 0800-1600, Night 1600-0000 Evening 0000-0800 Work Weekend Shifts available. Early Entry Shifts available. Post Exodus Shifts available. Non-Ignition Position. On-Site Position: You are BAMF Medical and will be running our First Aid Station with the assistance of 2 experienced BAMF volunteers and additional support from our Apogaea public. Our quidelines follow those set by the American Red Cross Basic Life Saving manual, and include minor trauma, burns, dehydration, heat exhaustion, airway distress, bug bites and more. Our #1 priority is to make sure our participants get the assistance they need, and if we are unable to provide that assistance on-site then we will help them get to where they need to be. You will be provided with all the resources you need but are require to bring your own stethoscope, and encouraged to bring your own first aid bag, and any first aid supplies and tools that will make you feel comfortable during your shift.
Requirements: We need people with 1 to 20+ years of: medical training, clinical experience, MDs, NPs, PAs, RNs, Paramedics, EMTs, military medics, firefighters, search and rescue, wildland fire. CURRENT CPR.
[/expand] - [expand title=”Medical Support”]
Shifts – 8 hours: Day 0800-1600, Night 1600-0000 Evening 0000-0800 Work Weekend Shifts available. Early Entry Shifts available. Post Exodus Shifts available. Non-Ignition Position, Tickets prices: Pending, On-Site Position: Your primary role is to assist the BAMF Medical Specialist. You will help them find supplies, check the batteries in our Emergency Call Boxes, drive the “Honey Badger” – our medical Gator – while your Medical Specialist tends to their patient. It is your responsibility to know where the AED, Fire Extinguishers, O2 tanks, and Apo Department First Aid kits are located. Help to keep the Apo Department First Aid kits stocked. BAMF’s guidelines follow those set by the American Red Cross Basic Life Saving manual, and include minor trauma, burns, dehydration, heat exhaustion, airway distress, bug bites and more. You are encouraged to bring your own first aid bag and look over a copy of the ARC BLS manuals.
Requirements: CURRENT CPR[/expand] - [expand title=”BAMF Radio Support Team”]
Shifts – 8 hours: Day 0800-1600, Night 1600-0000 Evening 0000-0800 Work Weekend Shifts available. Early Entry Shifts available. Post Exodus Shifts available. Non-Ignition Position: Volunteering for this position does not guarantee you a ticket for Apogaea. Role: Assist the Radio Lead with radio distribution, technical support (8 hr shift on-site during Apogaea. Assist Apo departments with radio issues such as missing antennae and batteries, broken mics ect…), radio collection on Sun. Work Weekend Shifts available. Early Entry Shifts available. Post Exodus Shifts available.
Requirements: NONE (recommend CPR), Open to the general Apo Public[/expand] - [expand title=”BAMF Infrastructure Support Team”]
Non-Ignition Position: Volunteering for this position does not guarantee you a ticket for Apogaea. Work Weekend Shifts available. Early Entry Shifts available. Post Exodus Shifts available Role: Assist the Infrastructure Lead with site preparations, set-up and/or tear-down.
Requirements: NONE (recommend CPR), Open to the general Apo Public Non-Ignition Position: No discount in ticket price. Volunteering for this position does not guarantee you a ticket for Apogaea.[/expand] - [expand title=”BAMF Art Coordinator”]
Pre Event and On-site Volunteer Position. Volunteering for this position does not guarantee you a ticket for Apogaea. Several of our Medical volunteers are artists and would like to display their art, at the BAMF tent, in a safe environment. The BAMF Art Coordinator is someone who can collect, display and return art pieces to BAMF volunteers. This position will coordinate efforts with BAMF’s Infrastructure Team.[/expand] - [expand title=”BAMF Emergency Call Box Builders”]
Pre Event Volunteer Position(s). Volunteering for this position does not guarantee you a ticket for Apogaea. With less than 40 days until the event, the BAMF Medical and Fire Leads need assistance with constructing Emergency Call Boxes. We can use some handy people.[/expand] - BAMF Protocol & check Lists Specialists
- [expand title=”BAMF Fire Volunteers and Specialists”]
This role monitors the property for fire hazards, provides prevention/mitigation, and extinguishes fires as needed.
Requirements: a minimum of Firefighter certification, BAMF veteran, or equivalent experience.[/expand]
»For more information or to volunteer, complete this survey today!
There’s been some great community conversation recently around staffing incentives like free event tickets and outside, paid health workers. The only thing that’s clear is that people are passionate about our event. And the Board of Directors is supportive of the new BAMF Lead, Cynthia Van Lingen, who would like to maintain both our ethos as a wholly volunteer event and the safety of our participants by filling all of our shifts with volunteers from the community. To do this, we need every qualified person to step up.
Here’s what BAMF offers its volunteers:
• Guaranteed ticket based on shift acuity
• A space for your tent in our dedicated area, BAMF Camp
• Shift options for Work Weekend and Post Event
• Early Entry options on Tuesday
• THE ETERNAL APPRECIATION OF OUR COMMUNITY!
Volunteer now! Volunteer often!
Still not sure? Fill out the contact, availability, and certification information in the form (see the link above), and we’ll be in touch to answer any questions you have. No pressure!
Recruiters will be contacting you by email and phone; meetings will be planned so we can talk in person. Codes for scheduling and guaranteed tickets will be released around May 1st.