Post edited 00:32 – September 2, 2010 by admin

We hope the First Responders Forum will grow and expand over the years. In order to keep the forums running smoothly, please follow these simple rules and use common sense for the forums here. If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to contact [insert names?, later]. We are very serious about keeping our forums clean and respectable, so please consider your account an investment and treat it accordingly.

AT ALL TIMES

- ALL REGISTERED USERS ARE SUBJECT TO ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS AS PRESENTED BY THE FIRST RESPONDERS FORUM AND THE WORDPRESS PUBLISHING PLATFORM.
 

- You must agree to abide by all rules set by the moderators and administrators in using these forums. Failure to abide by these rules may result in the editing or deletion of your post and/or the termination of your account from the website and the user(s) subject to proper responsive actions. Please note the appropriate supervisors will also be contacted.

- We also reserve the right to ban any user(s) who wilfully violate the forum rules, as access to our support forums are a privilege and not a right. The First Responders moderators and administrators shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate the forum standards. Please note the appropriate supervisors will also be contacted.

- At no time is discrimination tolerated in these forums. We reserve the right to remove offensive posts without notice. Any posts deemed obscene, vulgar, hateful, threatening, race-oriented, and/or sexually-oriented with negative connotations in nature and/or otherwise violative of any laws will subsequently be flagged and deleted and the user(s) in question will be given a warning. Further violation(s) will result in the termination from the website.

- Do not discuss illegal activities. Our server is hosted in Canada and so is subject to Canadian law. Please do not expose us to any unnecessary legal liability.

- Do not link to any site that contains adult content, sexually oriented material or might otherwise be considered offensive. Any post containing an inappropriate link will subsequently be flagged and deleted and the user(s) in question will be given a warning. Further violation(s) will result in the termination from the website and the user(s) will be subject to proper responsive actions.

GENERAL RULES

- ALL REGISTERED USERS ARE SUBJECT TO ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS AS PRESENTED BY THE FIRST RESPONDERS FORUM AND THE WORDPRESS PUBLISHING PLATFORM.
 

- Only one account per person is permitted.

- When registering, a valid name and email address has to be used.

- By registering as a user for this website and forum, you must agree to abide by all rules set by the moderators and administrators in using these forums. Failure to abide by these rules may result in the editing or deletion of your post and/or the termination of your account from the website and the user(s) subject to proper responsive actions. We reserve the right to ban any user(s) who wilfully violate the forum rules. Please note the appropriate supervisors will also be contacted.

- Keep all posts on-topic.

- Post your comment/question to the most appropriate place. Any posts deemed to be in the wrong forum will be moved.

- All posts must be in English, unless otherwise permitted by the moderators and administrators to ensure that no participant in these forums will be excluded from conversation.

- Please refrain from posting meaningless threads, one word (or short) non-sense posts, or the such.

- Make sure you have read the parent article/post completely before posting a reply.

- Choose an appropriate subject line. Try to summarise the topic briefly in the subject, and elaborate in the message itself. Repeat the subject in the body if it will make things clearer. Do not use all caps and do not add false information just to get attention.

- Thank those who help you. Acknowledgment of a helpful suggestion not only placates those who helped you, it may also help others with a similar problem. All those who have been helped on this forum are invited to help other users by responding to their questions when they know the answer and /or to consider donating to the project.

- No commercial advertising and/or spamming is permitted. Any posts deemed to be or referencing self promotion, advertising, or spam can and will be removed.

- Keep all commentary civil. Coarse/insulting language will not be tolerated.

- While constructive criticism, debating and discussion is welcome, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, or personal attacks towards other users or groups.

- At no time is discrimination tolerated in these forums. We reserve the right to remove offensive posts without notice. Any posts deemed obscene, vulgar, hateful, threatening, race-oriented, and/or sexually-oriented with negative connotations in nature and/or otherwise violative of any laws will subsequently be flagged and deleted and the user(s) in question will be given a warning. Further violation(s) will result in the termination from the website.

- Do not discuss illegal activities. Our server is hosted in Canada and so is subject to Canadian law. Please do not expose us to any unnecessary legal liability.

- Do not link to any site that contains adult content, sexually oriented material or might otherwise be considered offensive. Any post containing an inappropriate link will subsequently be flagged and deleted and the user(s) in question will be given a warning. Further violation(s) will result in the termination from the website and the user(s) will be subject to proper responsive actions.

- Although the moderators and administrators of the First Responders Forum will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it may be impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author and the user(s) will be held responsible for the content of any message posted.

- If you feel a post violates any of these rules, or you need to bring it to the attention of the moderators and administrators, please use the "report this post" link to notify moderators and administrators.

- These forums are designated for First Responder discussions. They are not a place to promote ideological, religious, or political matters. All such discussions will be deleted/closed.

- The First Responders are guided by the Canadian Red Cross standards and will abide to the full extent of the Fundamental Principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.

While these rules cover most common situations, they cannot anticipate everything. Consequently we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums are not disrupted or abused in any way.