Department of Emergency Management
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DEM redirects to this page; for other possible meanings of DEM, see DEM (desambiguation).
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Welcome to the Greater Malton Department of Emergency Management. The DEM oversees and coordinates the operations of the Malton Police Department, the Malton Fire Department, the Malton Emergency Medical Service, the Malton Forensics Unit, the Malton Marshals, the Malton Civil Defense Unit, Malton Central Intelligence, and Axes High. The DEM is not a group itself, but rather an organizational construct, made up from the leadership of the member groups. Please see the groups above for details such as recruitment information. | ||||
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| Together the groups working as part of the DEM number over 300 active members, and we gain new members every day. Our core mission since the outbreak is protecting survivors. We aren't interested in politics, remaining neutral in such conflicts, and will work with any pro-survivor groups that are willing to cooperate together for the benefit of all survivors. We have a job to do, and we're going to get it done! |
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Contacting the DEM
Concerned survivors who want to report an emergency, provide information or looking to contact their local DEM representative may post on the DEM Services public board.
Continuing to strive to meet the needs of the citizens of Malton, the DEM provides an interactive Revivification Request tool.
Groups
The core DEM groups (MPD, MFD, MEMS, MFU and MM) work closely in cooperation with a wide range of groups across Malton whose primary interest is the well being of survivors and stopping or stemming the ravages of the zombie hordes.
Member Groups
Member groups are in all senses part of the DEM, fully sharing information and resources with the core groups and are bound by all DEM policies. The only difference being that member groups were founded outside of the DEM and joined the Department through voluntary decision. Only Strategic Partners are eligible to become members.
Affiliated Groups
The DEM strives to work closely with many pro-survivor groups in Malton, and provides tools to facilitate inter-group cooperation and organization. Members of the DEM command staff are also available to act as mediators in any inter-group disputes. Groups interested in allying with the DEM should contact us on our public forum. Do not list your group here until our members and command staff have had a chance to get to know you and are willing to vouch for your group.
Strategic Partners
Strategic Partners are groups with which the DEM enjoys a very close relationship. We try to keep each other informed of major activities and coordinate with them in planning operations, as well as sharing tools and resources. Only groups that have been a friend & ally for an extended period, with whom our members have worked closely, and which agree with the basic principles of DEM policies are eligible. Interested groups are welcome to bring it up with us on the forum or by speaking with the DEM group members you know, but Partners are only confirmed on invitation and mutual acclimation.
Strategic Partners should please add [[Category:Department of Emergency Management]] to their group page.
Friends and Allies
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DEM Ally |
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Allied organizations (and individuals) are welcome to note their affiliation by adding the DEM Ally flagbox to their group page with {{DEM Supporter|Name=<group/user name>}}, or by adding themselves to the DEM Ally Category directly by adding [[:Category:DEM Ally|{{PAGENAME}}]] to your page.
- 25th Military Police Regiment
- The 4-H
- Ackland Mall Security
- Army Control Corps
- Anti-zombie squad - Based in West Grayside and currently recruiting.
- Bandit Queens
- Blythville Gang
- CMS-Meta
- Creedy Defense Force
- The Crimson Clan
- Crossman Defense Force
- The Dirty Dozen
- DRRP
- Dragonhead
- Dunell Hills Police Department
- E.N.D.
- The Executioners
- FOXHOUND SPEC OPS GROUP
- FVZA
- Gravebringers- Based in Fort Creedy
- Josephine's Generals
- Knights Templar
- Liberation of Crossman Department
- The Last Stand
- The Lumberjacks
- Malton Defense Corporation
- Malton Sanitation Department
- Malton Restoration Society
- The Malton Zookeepers
- MSG
- RAF
- Regulators Alliance - Based in Dartside
- ROACH Klips
- Rotter's Relief
- Team Ocean
- Tikhon Medical
- Tompson Mall Security
- Umbrella Biohazard Containment Service
- Urban Guerillas - Based in Dakerstown
- Special Zombie Extermination Squad - Based in all suburbs of Malton
Representatives of allied groups & strategic partners are granted access to a restricted DEM forum, where many allied groups already meet to exchange ideas, plan joint operations and discus long-term strategy. The DEM is grateful for the opportunity to facilitate inter-group cooperation.
Becoming a Member Group
Groups interested in becoming a member of the DEM must agree to the following basic rules and ensure their membership complies:
- To aid, assist and advise survivors to the best of their abilities.
- To never attack another survivor except in self-defense or the defense of another.*
- To respond to alerts and DEM alarms when within range, unless already handling an emergency.
- To abide by all DEM Policies.
Only groups that have been a Strategic Partner for a period of at least four weeks will be considered eligible for membership. Member groups are provided with communication channels and access to DEM private forums, including the Situation Reports we generate across Malton. The leader of member groups sits on the DEM Leadership Council and helps to guide Department policy and determine the best use of our resources.
If your group is interested in membership, you should first become an ally and spend some time working with members of DEM groups in your area and participate on our allies forum. Through this activity you may become a Strategic Partner in due time.
- * Special dispensation is provided for confirmed PKers on the bounty list and occasionally for PKer Groups who are deemed an immediate and real threat to innocent survivors in an area the DEM is active in.
The Academy
New members of any DEM group may receive rigorous survival and tactics training at The Academy before receiving their first assignment. New recruits will work on training missions with other recruits under the direct supervision of The Academy's Instructors. As a cooperative effort of the DEM member organizations, it is designed to provide uniform training and produce smart, tough and effective graduates who can make a difference in helping to stem the zombie onslaught in Malton. Exceptional recruits may receive their first promotion on graduation.
DEM Policies
All personnel in groups within the DEM are held to the following core policies. Additional policies and SOPs are documented on the forum and will be reviewed with new members during Academy training, but the following policies are the most important.
Player Conduct
We seek to hold members of all the DEM groups to a high standard of conduct. Members should always be civil during any discourse or disagreement, regardless of the behavior of anyone else involved. They are expected to play hard, but play fair, and to encourage others to do so.
PKing
The Department takes an extremely dim view of PKing! If you are killed by another survivor without provocation, or witness such activity, please take a screenshot, record their profile ID and file a report. Although there was no capital punishment in Malton, the situation has changed drastically for the worse since the dead started rising. Lacking a functioning judicial system or jails, the DEM has reluctantly acknowledged the need to allow alternate, and highly unusual, corrective measures. As a deterrent against PKing, those individuals found to have killed someone without provocation will have a bounty placed on their head. You can view Malton's currently most wanted on the Rogues Gallery. See the PK Reporting and Rogues Gallery pages for additional information. In these difficult times, survivors must stick together if we are to get through this, and that means helping each other, not shooting at each other!
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Report PKers! |
| Don't let them get away with murder! Register them on the Rogues Gallery. (Dead Link) |
Spying
Under no circumstances is any member of any DEM group to participate in overt spying. Disallowed spying includes: joining a forum and posing as something you aren't in order to gain information that isn't publicly available, joining a group under false pretenses in-game to gather information on new and ongoing operations, or joining any other channel of communication (IRC, IM, Email) to obtain information that wouldn't be available through normal channels. 'Spying' on the enemy by looking at their wiki page or information posted publicly on their forums is acceptable as the enemy is fully aware that this information can reach any and all people. In short, the DEM will not participate in misrepresentation and subterfuge.
History proves many pro-survivor groups are not only willing to work with us, but in many cases are eager as well. Our reputation precedes us and we have shown that we are a group to look up to. We are neither shunned nor maligned by most survivors and that is because we do not participate in under-handed activities. Anyone caught participating in the aforementioned disallowed spying will be stripped of any rank they may hold within the DEM and dismissed from duty.
Zerging
Members of DEM groups are not to participate in zerging at all. In addition to that prohibition the following rules apply:
- Each player can have at most one character in any DEM group (MPD, MFD, MCDU, AH etc), and at most three alts under the DEM in total.
- No player may have two alts within the same Chain of Command within the DEM. For example, you may not have one MFD alt as Battalion Chief (BC) and another as an MEMS Commander of a District in the BCs Division. In the event one alt is promoted to a city-wide rank, other alts in different groups but under that alt's CoC would have to relinquish all rank.
- All characters must always be in a different District (see MFD Command page for information on Divisions and Districts).
- Players must have at least one buffer suburb between all alts (i.e., you can have a guy in Crowbank and Shackleville, but not one in Crowbank and Roftwood. You can have one in Richmond Hills and Millen Hills, but not one in Richmond Hills and Brooke Hills).
- meta-zerging - Only one character should ever be working against the same organization at any one time. For example, if you have one alt active in Candyland, you may not have a different alt participate in an assault against an RRF contingent attacking a building elsewhere in the city, regardless of the distance. The Council does understand that sometimes this can occur unintentionally, say if the above example is changed to where the second alt just happens to be in a building the RRF has decided to assault. When a player discovers this conflict has occurred, they are expected to disentangle themselves as expeditiously as possible.
Anyone caught participating in the aforementioned disallowed zerging and meta-zerging activities will be given a single warning. Repeated offenses will cause all the players characters to be stripped of any rank they may hold within the DEM and potentially dismissed from duty.
Supported Policies
The DEM groups also support a number of policies, which they encourage for general adoption.
Uniform Barricading Policy
The Uniform Barricade Policy (UBP) is designed to provide as secure a barricade plan as possible that still leaves resource buildings and sufficient safe shelters accessible for less experienced survivors. It is also designed to provide a wide range of entryways for those with Free Running, so the population can spread throughout the suburb, reducing tempting targets crowded with survivors if located by zombie spies. The Free Running skill is strongly recommended as a very early skill choice for survivors.
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Uniform Barricading Policy Supporter |
| This User or Group supports the Uniform Barricading Policy by actively maintaining barricades according to local plan or UBP standard. |
Sacred Ground
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Sacred Ground Policy Supporter |
| This user or group supports the Sacred Ground Policy and acknowledges that all Cemeteries in the city of Malton are considered Revivification Points. |
Pay It Forward
Encourage survivors who get a revive to give a revive.
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Pay It Forward Supporter |
| This User or Group Pays It Forward. Get a revive, give a revive. |
RESCUE
Where possible, churches should be considered as indoor RPs, removing the need to step outside and back inside to perform revives.
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Rescue |
| This user thinks that adding 1 AP to the revive cycle is pointless. |
No Random Revivification
River Tactics
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River Tactics Supporter |
| This User or Group supports River Tactics. |
The Department of Emergency Management has a series of DEM Merits and Ribbons it issues to members who display mastery over key skills. The ribbons can be claimed by any member with the profficiency of the skills entailed. Summary of these ribbons and the means to claim them can be found on the DEM Merits and Ribbons page.
