Billeting means overnight accommodations, i.e. lodging.
Each operation has a different billeting set-up. Sometimes its cots in a warehouse, church, or gym.
Sometimes its in tents and on the ground.
How will I know what to expect?
We will do our best to share info regarding billeting prior to you deploying.
In your dispatch instructions, the on-site Point of Contact (POC) will be able to give you the ground truth for conditions.
Should I pack a sleeping bag?
Prepare for austere! Be pleasantly surprised if it's not.
Our advice: plan on bringing one, check the weather, call your on-site POC to confirm conditions, then make a game day decision if you are going to bring the sleeping bag or just your lucky woobie.
What if I may need accommodations to the standard Team Rubicon-provided billeting for operations, events, or trainings?
Check out this article. We have a policy and process in place to support that.
Remember:
Depending on the type of operation you are attending, things might change without notice - ESPECIALLY when deploying to post-disaster events. You might get told you are in comfy FEMA trailers with everything provided (sweet!!) but mid-stay FEMA might need to re-purpose your trailer to house those impacted by the disaster.
If you packed that sleeping bag/woobie, you will be ready to rack on the newly provided Red Cross cot (yay!).
Semper Gumby! (Always Flexible!)