b'VAST DirectionBy VAST Executive Director Cindy LockeVERMONT ASSOCIATION2022 marks the fourth year of a very successful volunteer program at VAST. Currently, we have forty VAST Safety Ambassadors (VSAP) statewide. This program has been used to prove our active participation in improving snowmobile safety in Vermont. It has been so successful that other states are looking at it to adopt. While out riding, our VSAP team does the following tasks: Look for hazards in the trail and mark them, as well as let the club know if they cannot fix it themselves, or let VAST know so we can contact the club; Fix damaged or missing signs, or again let the club know so the club can fix it right away; Help people on the trails that need any assistance or directions; Be availablesign police. They are trained to knowJust like all VAST volunteers, they if they can to help law enforcement orthat their role is simply to be helpful.spend countless hours volunteering in first responders at an accident sceneWe hope you thank those in your clubother capacities too for their counties by securing the parameter, helping toand county that have decided to be aand clubs.get law enforcement to the scene, orpart of this important volunteer effort. directing sled traffic. Fond Regards, The volunteers in the VSAP are provided with one TMA annually at the mandatory orientation as well as a first-aid kit, extra VAST regulatory signs (stops, stop ahead, hazard markers), caution tape, and a small hand saw. VSAP team members also wear a special vest over their gear that is reflective and has the VAST logo and program name on it. When our team is out riding they also keep log sheets to reflect their activity. VSAP team members know they are not law enforcement. They also have been trained to not act like the trail or'