STAFF SUPPORT

As the DPW Staff Support Manager, Shannon oversees the operations in Black Rock City that support our amazing crews, including the Commissary, DPW Dispatch, Staff Camp, and the Fluffers. Shannon also serves as the DPW liaison to ESD. Traversing these diverse spaces means that she gets to interact with members from all of the Burning Man's workforce. 


Shannon comes to Burning Man with a background in education and humanitarian aid project management. On a typical day, Shannon has found a pretty rock and has placed it in her pocket.

COMMISSARY *

Unless you inexplicably hate both sustenance and convenience, you’ll likely be visiting the Commissary every day. Our friends from Spectrum provide three hot meals per day, along with drinks and various other goodies, while the Commissary infrastructure and operations are the responsibility of DPW’s dedicated Commissary Crew. You might get up for breakfast at 6:30 am, but we are there long before you are, and we remain long after you leave, ensuring that you have a clean and healthy mess hall in which to dine. So remember, if we sound a little contemptuous when you won’t wash your hands because you “just did ten minutes ago”, it’s only because we love you and want what’s best for you. Probably. Really, though. Wash your god damned hands. 


Want to volunteer? Reach out to Top Shelf at the email below to inquire!

DISPATCH 411 *


Dispatch is the eyes and ears of DPW, mon-itoring all radio traffic on DPW channels and other event ops channels. 

Dispatch operates out of the Depot 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They listen to our radio chatter all day long, so be mindful of that when you’re on comm.


Interested in Being a Dispatcher? Find a lost Radio? Want to know what words are completely inappropriate to say on the Radio? Go for Dispatch!

FLUFFERS : CRAFT SERVICES *


Behold the Glory of our Fluffer team -  the very life-blood of the DPW engine. Hard at work making sure that you take care of yourself and get quality break time. They Fluff Survey. They Fluff FENCE. They Fluff the work season. They keep on Fluffing during the Event. They Fluff Tear-Down. They Fluff Resto. I can’t stop them from Fluffing. They want to fluff it all. Every-one. Forever.  


Are you new to Fluffer Team Industries? Do you want to be?
Get your guns ready for heavy lifting, and send an email to MILE HIGH!

DPW GHETTO : STAFF CAMP *


The DPW Ghetto is the official staff camp home of DPW on-playa, where you will enjoy water, shade, electricity, port-o-potties, burn barrels, a stage, music, food, recycling, our world-famous bar, and much much more!  

Wanna know where you can set up your tent or trailer? 

Want someone to turn that crappy music down at  2am? 


Want to work with the Ghetto Crew? Talk to Juicy Jake!

DPW RANGERS *


Talk to Crow!

HOUSEKEEPING

Wet Spot Manager

DPW WET SPOT : STAFF SHOWERS *


You want a shower? Of course you do. It’s fucking dusty out here. Showers Crew is here to make sure that you can get clean after a hard day in the sun. 

If you have a DPW BMID, you have access to the Showers.


What to bring: Rubber duckie, shower flip flops (no Playa shoes in the showers please!), soap, shampoo, towel, bathrobe, Q-tips.

What not to bring: Your dog, cameras, hair dye, sexy time


The Wet Spot is CO-ED. Want to keep your privates private? Wear a bathrobe and hang it outside the shower stall curtain.

Want to find a spot on this crew? Email below!

DPW BRC YELLOW BIKE PROGRAM *


Black Rock Community Transit, AKA the BRC Yellow Bike Project, builds 1,000 bicycles each year and deploys them for free, communal use in Black Rock City. Black Rock Commu-nity Transit also provides bicycles and related services specifically for DPW use, in addition to overseeing abandoned bike clean-up efforts. 

Black Rock Community Transit is here to encourage human-powered transportation with-in the Burning Man community. 


If you want to get involved, contact Giuliani!