A status of an organization membership request showing that the administrator has accepted the request and the responder is now a member of the organization.
Collection of information that identifies a CORES user.
The state of a user account. It could be active, inactive, closed, or archived.
The type of account. Differentiated between responder accounts and all types of administrator accounts.
Responders with active accounts can be contacted about emergency deployments and receive notifications related to potential emergency activations and deployments.
Mission status showing that the mission has been archived. Archiving is an alternative to deleting a mission from the system; however, an archived mission can be reverted to its previous status. Missions that have been archived do not appear in reports or contribute towards responder hours.
Archiving an account is an alternative to deleting it. Once archived, the account no longer appears in the system.
An identification card issued to a responder by the administrator. Badges provide evidence that the responder is registered in the system and verify his or her identity, occupation or title, and unit affiliation.
Can view all missions and send notifications. Not all systems contain this system role.
Mission status showing that all deployment groups in the mission have been closed.
An account that has been terminated and can no longer be used. Responders with closed accounts cannot log into their account or receive notifications.
Mission status showing that all deployments in the mission have ended.
Various ways of connecting to licensure databases to verify a responder’s credentials.
A CVO certification is available to organizations that conduct credentials verification, report the credentialing information to clients, and have systems in place to protect the confidentiality and integrity of the information.
See Rejected.
The default organization contains users matching one or more of the following criteria: users have not specified an organization during registration; users have not been accepted to any organizations; users have withdrawn their organization memberships; users have been removed from organizations by the administrator.
Mission status showing that at least one deployment group in the mission has been deployed.
The distribution of several groups of responders in response to an emergency.
Where responders are willing to travel, how long they are willing to be deployed, and any other emergency response commitments.
Responder status that helps track on-scene time and attendance and provides additional details about the location and availability of a responder.
An optional module available for purchase that allows users to share and exchange documents.
Part of the ESAR-VHP guidelines, a way to determine how much credential information has been accepted and verified about a particular individual.
ESAR-VHP (Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals) System is an electronic database of health care personnel who volunteer to provide aid in an emergency. An ESAR-VHP System must (1) register health volunteers, (2) apply emergency credentialing standards to registered volunteers, and (3) allow for the verification of the identity, credentials, and qualifications of registered volunteers in an emergency.
The ESF (Emergency Support Function) is a mechanism that consolidates multiple agencies that perform similar or like functions into a single, cohesive unit to allow for the better management of emergency response functions. ESF #8, Public Health and Medical Services includes behavioral health needs of incident victims and response workers, additional medical response assistance for medical needs populations, and veterinary and/or animal health issues.
Filters show information within a table that meets certain criteria. Use the drop down menu at the upper right above the table to filter display results.
A collection of users in the system that allows administrators to simultaneously perform an action on multiple users. For example, users can be grouped based on their residence location to receive alerts relevant to that particular location.
Responders with inactive accounts do not appear in search results and cannot be contacted about potential emergency activations and deployments; however, they may receive non-emergency notifications related to the status of their account.
A specific job function that an assigned responder should perform during an incident. Jobs are specific to the Accountability module and should not be confused with occupations.
A message sent and received through the CORES’s internal messaging system.
See Incident Job.
can perform many functions in the system, including some access to the Administration and Configuration modules. These administrators are limited by organization access level permissions in the Messages, Organizations, Document Library, Accountability, sand Mission Manager modules, where available.
The MRC was founded in 2002. It is a partner program with Citizen Corps, a national network of responders dedicated to ensuring hometown security. Citizen Corps, along with AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and the Peace Corps are part of the President’s USA Freedom Corps, which promotes volunteerism and service nationwide. MRC organizations are community-based and function as a way to locally organize and utilize volunteers who want to donate their time and expertise to prepare for and respond to emergencies and promote healthy living throughout the year. MRC volunteers supplement existing emergency and public health resources.
A potential deployment situation.
A module within CORES to help administrators locate, request, and deploy responders during an emergency situation or pre-planned incident.
Mission status showing that the mission does not have any deployment groups.
Indicates whether the occupation is medical or non-medical.
Occupation categories, types, and current status. Options are: Licensed and Active, Licensed and Active Part-Time, Licensed and Inactive for Less than 5 Years, Licensed and Inactive for More than 5 Years, Non-Licensed and Active, Non-Licensed and Retired, Non-Licensed and Student. Up to three (3) licenses, memberships, work experiences, and other categories are accepted.
The profession of a responder. All occupations are classified as medical and non-medical.
A designated user with the rights to manage responders at specific locations within an incident. This user role exists only in the Accountability module and does not give the user administrator rights.
Organizations represent institutions and associations that exist in real world, such as government agencies, health care, non-profit or legal organizations.
Responder passwords must be at least six (6) characters long, include at least one numeral, one letter, and contain no spaces. Administrator passwords must be at least eight (8) characters long, include one numeral, one letter and contain no spaces. Passwords are case sensitive.
A status of an organization membership request showing that the administrator has not yet taken any action on this request.
All information collected during registration, including identity, organization membership, deployment preferences, contact, skills and certifications, training, occupations, and medical history. Profile also includes a special link, Settings, to edit specific account information.
Located in the top right corner of the page and provides instant search results when searching for a responder or group by name.
Can perform many functions in the system, including some access to the Administration and Configuration modules. These administrators are limited by organization access level permissions in the Messages, Organizations, Document Library, Accountability, and Mission Manager modules, where available.
A status of an organization membership request showing that the administrator has rejected the request and the user cannot be an organization member.
An outside party that requests assistance during an emergency or an event.
Required fields are indicated by asterisks (*). An error will occur if information is not entered in a required field.
A default status of an organization membership request showing that the administrator is gathering additional information to determine whether the responder's organization affiliation is authentic.
Any person who could potentially respond during a disaster situation. Responders do not have the ability to manage or view others in the system, and they can only compose messages to administrators and respond to notifications they receive. They do not have access to the Administration or Configuration modules. Their access can be limited or expanded by their assigned organization access level permissions and other granular permissions in the Organizations, Document Library, and Accountability modules, where available.
See specific roles: Local Administrator, Regional Administrator, State Administrator, Responder, and Call Center Operator.
A list of all responders who can potentially be involved in incident response efforts.
A module that allows administrators to manage personnel during an activation by allowing rostered responders to be placed in shifts over the course of a deployment.
The second row of tabs on the navigation toolbar. These tabs give you access to specific functions of a module.
The location where responders will be providing service during an emergency or event.
Mission status to indicate that responders can be assigned to the available deployment groups.
Can perform all functions available on the system and have full access to the Administration and Configuration modules. They have access to all organizations and can modify details, members, access levels, unaffiliated responders, and network information for any created organization, regardless of their access level permissions. They can also manage users within the system.
Users who do not have valid organization membership.
Responder status showing that the responder has not indicated his or her availability.
A method to notify responders using a text-to-speech engine to call and inform responders of an emergency.