Table 1 Demographics of the vigía interview respondents

Gender

Male

16

Female

3

Occupation

Agriculture

15

Municipality

2

Education

1

Business owners

1

Drivers

1

Length of time as vigía

10 - 14 years

13

5 - 9 years

5

0 - 4 years

2

Primary recruitment path

Existing Civil Defence volunteer

5

Head of community

5

Municipality nominated

2

Through another vigía

1

National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR)

2

Scientists

4