DPW Volunteer Instructions
Starting Your Shift
Come to the DPW at the start of your shift, check in with the Shift Lead and meet the other volunteers. If you happen to come late and the team has already left to go do a task, find someone with a radio (the Rangers are nearby) and ask them to radio for the DPW Shift Lead to find out where to meet up with them.
What to Bring with You
Please wear cover-toed shoes to protect your feet. Wear clothing that you wouldn't mind getting dirty. Bring your water bottle, a hat (in case you end up doing work in the sun) and sunglasses if you need them. If it's raining bring whatever rain-gear you need. Bring a snack if you will need to replenish your energy (we will also have some snacks at the DPW, but if you have a very specific diet or dietary restrictions you may want to bring your own just in case).
We have work gloves for folks, but if you have your own you may want to bring them with you.
Shift Tasks
During Early Arrival
- put trail lights along paths throughout the event grounds
- help the lead who is doing generator and power distribution lay down extension cables and cable ramps
- gather all the water coolers for each core, fill them up and deliver them to the various HQs
- do Art transports with UTVs
Throughout The Event
- fill up 2 55 gallon blue drums that are by the Coffee/Kitchen with water by transporting a third blue 55 gallon drum by UTV and filling it from a hose in Kirk's back yard, then using a pump to pump the water into the 2 barrels at Coffee/Kitchen
- fill up the Steambath barrel using the same method as above
- gather all the water coolers from various HQs and fill them with water and deliver them
- bring wood to burn barrels if they get low on burnable wood (Rangers, Gate, Upper Parking, Sanctuary)
- on Friday DPW assist the Bug crew to stuff the Bug with wood
- on Saturday DPW assist the Temple crew with stuffing the Temple with wood
In the event of weather emergencies
- deploy ground protection mats to various areas to protect the integrity of the ring road
- deploy gravel to spots on the main vehicle accessible trails if they are getting washed out
- deploy plywood and builds ramps on paths that are getting muddy and impassable
During Exodus Sunday
- pick up all trail lights before cars start coming up the hill so they don't get driven over and crushed
- do Art transports via UTVs
- assist the Art Truck folks pack the truck
- assist various core volunteers on their last shift to take down core HQ structures
During Late Crew
- bring all infrastructure to storage via UTVs (ground protection mats, tools & equipment, burn barrels, bins, structure parts, easy ups, chairs, tables, water barrels & coolers, carts, etc)
- bring packed and ready to store bins prepared by various cores to storage in the barn via UTVs
- organize bins and infrastructure in storage
- prepare various tools and equipment for long term storage
- pick up all of the green tenax that is laid out on the Ring Road in the Butterfly Field and on Paddock Pike (UTV cut-through)