VSF 14.01.02: BEECN Coordinator - Revision history

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	[[VSF 14.01.04: Fire Station UHF Volunteer]]		[[VSF 14.01.04: Fire Station UHF Volunteer]]

	[[VSF 02.02: Fire Station ~~HAM~~]]		[[VSF 02.02: Fire Station ARO]]

	=== Responsibilities ===		=== Responsibilities ===

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	=== Responsibilities ===		=== Responsibilities ===
			* Use contact information provided by PBEM to keep other volunteers assigned to the BEECN resource organized as a team.
	** Use contact information provided by PBEM to keep other volunteers assigned to the BEECN resource organized as a team.		* On behalf of their team, serving as a point of contact for:
	** On behalf of their team, serving as a point of contact for:		* PBEM; whose staff will contact the Team Coordinator to inform of BEECN drills or exercises, policy changes, or any other information relevant to the BEECN program.
	*** PBEM; whose staff will contact the Team Coordinator to inform of BEECN drills or exercises, policy changes, or any other information relevant to the BEECN program.		* The [[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator\|BEECN District Coordinator]] (if one is assigned);
	*** The [[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator\|BEECN District Coordinator]] (if one is assigned);		* The owner/manager of the property hosting the cache. The Coordinator should contact the property owner/manager when BEECN exercises are scheduled.
	*** The owner/manager of the property hosting the cache. The Coordinator should contact the property owner/manager when BEECN exercises are scheduled.		* Organizes and leads deployment planning for their team, which includes completing the [[Operations at BEECN Sites#Deployment Planning: the BEECN Response Framework\|BEECN response framework]] annually.
	** Organizes and leads deployment planning for their team, which includes completing the [[Operations at BEECN Sites#Deployment Planning: the BEECN Response Framework\|BEECN response framework]] annually.		* Ensure team members are prepared to carry out responsibilities as indicated in [[Operations at BEECN Sites]].
	** Ensure team members are prepared to carry out responsibilities as indicated in [[Operations at BEECN Sites]].		* Ensuring that the team has no fewer than eight members, and recruiting new members from the immediate neighborhood as needed.
	** Ensuring that the team has no fewer than eight members, and recruiting new members from the immediate neighborhood as needed.		* Providing PBEM with program feedback, recommendations, and resource requests as appropriate.
	** Providing PBEM with program feedback, recommendations, and resource requests as appropriate.		* Schedule regular activities around the BEECN, such as equipment checks and inventories.
	** Schedule regular activities around the BEECN, such as equipment checks and inventories.		* Encourage BEECN volunteers to participate in regular exercises.
	** Encourage BEECN volunteers to participate in regular exercises.		* Ensuring that the team responsibilities described in [[BEECN Volunteers#BEECN Team Responsibilities\|BEECN Team Responsibilities]] are carried out.
	** Ensuring that the team responsibilities described in [[BEECN Volunteers#BEECN Team Responsibilities\|BEECN Team Responsibilities]] are carried out.
	* Represent PBEM professionally.		* Represent PBEM professionally.
	* Log all volunteer hours (your own; not your team's).		* Log all volunteer hours (your own; not your team's).

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	=== Responsibilities ===		=== Responsibilities ===

	* Use contact information provided by PBEM to keep other volunteers assigned to the BEECN resource organized as a team.		** Use contact information provided by PBEM to keep other volunteers assigned to the BEECN resource organized as a team.
	* ~~Ensure~~ team ~~members are prepared~~ to ~~carry out responsibilities as indicated in~~ [[~~Operations at~~ BEECN ~~Sites~~]].		** On behalf of their team, serving as a point of contact for:
	* ~~Lead BEECN volunteers in~~ their team ~~through completion and maintenance of their~~ [[Operations at BEECN Sites#Deployment Planning: the BEECN Response Framework\|BEECN ~~Response Framework~~]]. ~~The~~ BEECN ~~Coordinator also communicates~~ with ~~PBEM staff about the BEECN Response Framework~~.		*** PBEM; whose staff will contact the Team Coordinator to inform of BEECN drills or exercises, policy changes, or any other information relevant to the BEECN program.
	* Schedule regular activities around the BEECN, such as equipment checks and inventories.		*** The [[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator\|BEECN District Coordinator]] (if one is assigned);
	* Encourage BEECN volunteers to participate in regular exercises.		*** The owner/manager of the property hosting the cache. The Coordinator should contact the property owner/manager when BEECN exercises are scheduled.
			** Organizes and leads deployment planning for their team, which includes completing the [[Operations at BEECN Sites#Deployment Planning: the BEECN Response Framework\|BEECN response framework]] annually.
			** Ensure team members are prepared to carry out responsibilities as indicated in [[Operations at BEECN Sites]].
			** Ensuring that the team has no fewer than eight members, and recruiting new members from the immediate neighborhood as needed.
			** Providing PBEM with program feedback, recommendations, and resource requests as appropriate.
			** Schedule regular activities around the BEECN, such as equipment checks and inventories.
			** Encourage BEECN volunteers to participate in regular exercises.
			** Ensuring that the team responsibilities described in [[BEECN Volunteers#BEECN Team Responsibilities\|BEECN Team Responsibilities]] are carried out.
	* Represent PBEM professionally.		* Represent PBEM professionally.
	* Log all volunteer hours (your own; not your team's).		* Log all volunteer hours (your own; not your team's).

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	* Use contact information provided by PBEM to keep other volunteers assigned to the BEECN resource organized as a team.		* Use contact information provided by PBEM to keep other volunteers assigned to the BEECN resource organized as a team.
	* Lead BEECN volunteers in ~~the cohort~~ through completion and maintenance of their BEECN Response Framework. The BEECN Coordinator also communicates with PBEM staff about the BEECN Response Framework.		* Ensure team members are prepared to carry out responsibilities as indicated in [[Operations at BEECN Sites]].
			* Lead BEECN volunteers in their team through completion and maintenance of their [[Operations at BEECN Sites#Deployment Planning: the BEECN Response Framework\|BEECN Response Framework]]. The BEECN Coordinator also communicates with PBEM staff about the BEECN Response Framework.
	* Schedule regular activities around the BEECN, such as equipment checks and inventories.		* Schedule regular activities around the BEECN, such as equipment checks and inventories.
	* Encourage BEECN volunteers to participate in regular exercises.		* Encourage BEECN volunteers to participate in regular exercises.

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Related Volunteer Positions

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	[[VSF 14.01.04: Fire Station UHF Volunteer]]		[[VSF 14.01.04: Fire Station UHF Volunteer]]

			[[VSF 02.02: Fire Station HAM]]

	=== Responsibilities ===		=== Responsibilities ===

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	[[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator]]		[[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator]]

	[[VSF 14.01.03: ~~BEECN District Coordinator~~]]		[[VSF 14.01.04: Fire Station UHF Volunteer]]

	=== Responsibilities ===		=== Responsibilities ===

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	=== Related Volunteer Positions ===		=== Related Volunteer Positions ===
	[[VSF 14.01.01: BEECN Volunteer]]		[[VSF 14.01.01: BEECN Volunteer]]

			[[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator]]

	[[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator]]		[[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator]]

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	A [[Volunteer Support Functions Introduction and Directory\|Volunteer Support Function (VSF)]] is a functional area under which volunteers carry out their responsibilities. Each VSF is broken into position assignments. VSF 14.01.02 is the position assigned to BEECN volunteer coordinators.		A [[Volunteer Support Functions Introduction and Directory\|Volunteer Support Function (VSF)]] is a functional area under which volunteers carry out their responsibilities. Each VSF is broken into position assignments. VSF 14.01.02 is the position assigned to BEECN volunteer coordinators.
	:''See also:'' [[Basic Earthquake Emergency Communications Nodes (BEECN)\|BEECN Program Guidelines]]		:''See also:'' [[Basic Earthquake Emergency Communications Nodes (BEECN)\|BEECN Program Guidelines]]<br /> <br />
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	\|style="width: 50%; text-align: center; background-color:gray; color:white;"\|'''During Grey Skies, these volunteers...'''		\|style="width: 50%; text-align: center; background-color:gray; color:white;"\|'''During Grey Skies, these volunteers...'''
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	\|style="background-color:skyblue; padding:15px;"\|...stay in regular contact with all ~~the other~~ BEECN volunteers assigned to the cache or fire station and organize them to participate in BEECN exercises and inventories.		\|style="background-color:skyblue; padding:15px;"\|...onboard new BEECN volunteers and stay in regular contact with all BEECN volunteers assigned to the cache or fire station and organize them to participate in BEECN exercises and inventories.

	\|style="background-color:lightgray; padding:15px;"\|...will act as a volunteer in position [[VSF 14.01.01: BEECN Volunteer]] if they choose to, and plan to, deploy.		\|style="background-color:lightgray; padding:15px;"\|...will act as a volunteer in position [[VSF 14.01.01: BEECN Volunteer]] if they choose to, and plan to, deploy.
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	=== Responsibilities ===		=== Responsibilities ===
			* Onboard all new BEECN volunteers by introducing them to the cache, explaining how to access it, and introducing them to other members of the BEECN crew.
	* Use contact information provided by PBEM to keep other volunteers assigned to the BEECN resource organized as a team.		* Use contact information provided by PBEM to keep other volunteers assigned to the BEECN resource organized as a team.
	* On behalf of their team, serving as a point of contact for:		* On behalf of their team, serving as a point of contact for:
	* PBEM; whose staff will contact the Team Coordinator to inform of BEECN drills or exercises, policy changes, or any other information relevant to the BEECN program.		** PBEM; whose staff will contact the Team Coordinator to inform of BEECN drills or exercises, policy changes, or any other information relevant to the BEECN program.
	* The [[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator\|BEECN District Coordinator]] (if one is assigned);		** The [[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator\|BEECN District Coordinator]] (if one is assigned);
	* The owner/manager of the property hosting the cache. The Coordinator should contact the property owner/manager when BEECN exercises are scheduled.		** The owner/manager of the property hosting the cache. The Coordinator should contact the property owner/manager when BEECN exercises are scheduled.
	* Organizes and leads deployment planning for their team, which includes completing the [[Operations at BEECN Sites#Deployment Planning: the BEECN Response Framework\|BEECN response framework]] annually.		* Organizes and leads deployment planning for their team, which includes completing the [[Operations at BEECN Sites#Deployment Planning: the BEECN Response Framework\|BEECN response framework]] annually.
	* Ensure team members are prepared to carry out responsibilities as indicated in [[Operations at BEECN Sites]].		* Ensure team members are prepared to carry out responsibilities as indicated in [[Operations at BEECN Sites]].

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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Position ID''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Position ID\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Position ID''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Position ID\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="text-align: center; background: #13135a; color: white"\|<big>'''VSF 14.01.02: BEECN Coordinator'''</big>		\|colspan=3 style="text-align: center; background: #13135a; color: white"\|<big>'''VSF 14.01.02: BEECN Coordinator'''</big>
	\|}
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="25%" \|'''Mission Area <sup>[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Cycle Position\|※]]</sup>'''		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="25%" \|'''Mission Area <sup>[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Cycle Position\|※]]</sup>'''
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	\|style="text-align: center; background: darkgray; color: gainsboro" width="25%"\|'''<big>Response</big>'''		\|style="text-align: center; background: darkgray; color: gainsboro" width="25%"\|'''<big>Response</big>'''
	\|style="text-align: center; background: darkgray; color: gainsboro" width="25%"\|'''<big>Recovery</big>'''		\|style="text-align: center; background: darkgray; color: gainsboro" width="25%"\|'''<big>Recovery</big>'''
	\|}
	~~{\| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%"~~
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Lead Agency''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Lead Agency\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Lead Agency''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Lead Agency\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|Portland Bureau of Emergency Management		\|colspan=3 style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|Portland Bureau of Emergency Management
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Active NET Required?''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Active NET Required?\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Active NET Required?''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Active NET Required?\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="padding: 10px"\|No; this position is available to [[Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs)\|ATVs]].		\|colspan=3 style="padding: 10px"\|No; this position is available to [[Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs)\|ATVs]].
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Structure''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Structure\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Structure''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Structure\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|During Blue Skies, BEECN volunteers report to the BEECN Coordinator in charge of their cohort. BEECN Coordinators relay questions and concerns to PBEM staff, preferably via [mailto:beecn@portlandoregon.gov BEECN@portlandoregon.gov].		\|colspan=3 style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|During Blue Skies, BEECN volunteers report to the BEECN Coordinator in charge of their cohort. BEECN Coordinators relay questions and concerns to PBEM staff, preferably via [mailto:beecn@portlandoregon.gov BEECN@portlandoregon.gov].
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Relevant Knowledge, Skills, Abilities''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Relevant Knowledge, Skills, Abilities\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Relevant Knowledge, Skills, Abilities''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Relevant Knowledge, Skills, Abilities\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="padding: 10px"\|Ability to organize and lead small groups. Ability to form meeting agendas and manage meetings of small groups of people (online or in person).		\|colspan=3 style="padding: 10px"\|Ability to organize and lead small groups. Ability to form meeting agendas and manage meetings of small groups of people (online or in person).
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Licenses and Certifications''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Licenses and Certifications\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Licenses and Certifications''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Licenses and Certifications\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|None required.		\|colspan=3 style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|None required.
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Currency''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Currency\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Currency''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Currency\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="padding: 10px"\|BEECN volunteers must be in touch with their BEECN Coordinator and appear on the roster of their BEECN Response Framework. They should also participate in BEECN inventories and exercises as their time allows. Because all BEECN volunteers are indemnified, they '''''are''''' '''''required''''' to log their hours but '''''not''''' required to meet the [[Minimum Service Contribution (MSC)\|Minimum Service Contribution (MRC)]] unless they are also a NET volunteer. The BEECN Coordinator should organize cohort members to participate regularly in the BEECN program and make sure they log their volunteer hours.		\|colspan=3 style="padding: 10px"\|BEECN volunteers must be in touch with their BEECN Coordinator and appear on the roster of their BEECN Response Framework. They should also participate in BEECN inventories and exercises as their time allows. Because all BEECN volunteers are indemnified, they '''''are''''' '''''required''''' to log their hours but '''''not''''' required to meet the [[Minimum Service Contribution (MSC)\|Minimum Service Contribution (MRC)]] unless they are also a NET volunteer. The BEECN Coordinator should organize cohort members to participate regularly in the BEECN program and make sure they log their volunteer hours.
	BEECN Volunteers are required to complete a [[Background Checks\|criminal background check]] at the same frequency as NET volunteers.		BEECN Volunteers are required to complete a [[Background Checks\|criminal background check]] at the same frequency as NET volunteers.
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Physical Requirements''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Physical Requirements\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Physical Requirements''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Physical Requirements\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|None.		\|colspan=3 style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|None.
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Task Book''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Task Book\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Task Book''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Task Book\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="padding: 10px"\|None at this time.		\|colspan=3 style="padding: 10px"\|None at this time.
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''PPE and Recommended Equipment''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#PPE and Recommended Equipment\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''PPE and Recommended Equipment''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#PPE and Recommended Equipment\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|'''PPE:''' As this is a Blue Skies position, no PPE is needed. However, if and when acting as a responding BEECN volunteer, an incumbent in this position should abide by the PPE rules indicated in [[VSF 14.01.01: BEECN Volunteer]].		\|colspan=3 style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|'''PPE:''' As this is a Blue Skies position, no PPE is needed. However, if and when acting as a responding BEECN volunteer, an incumbent in this position should abide by the PPE rules indicated in [[VSF 14.01.01: BEECN Volunteer]].
	'''Equipment:''' All the equipment a BEECN volunteer needs should be in their [[BEECN Caches\|BEECN Cache]].		'''Equipment:''' All the equipment a BEECN volunteer needs should be in their [[BEECN Caches\|BEECN Cache]].
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Forms''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Forms\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Forms''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Forms\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="padding: 10px"\|[[Operations at BEECN Sites#Deployment Planning: the BEECN Response Framework\|BEECN Response Framework]]		\|colspan=3 style="padding: 10px"\|[[Operations at BEECN Sites#Deployment Planning: the BEECN Response Framework\|BEECN Response Framework]]
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Updated''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Updated\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Updated''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Updated\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|2025.03.29 ''(version 1.0)''		\|colspan=3 style="background: white; padding: 10px"\|2025.03.29 ''(version 1.0)''
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	\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Released''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Released\|※]]'''</sup>		\|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"\|'''Released''' <sup>'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Released\|※]]'''</sup>
	\|style="padding: 10px"\|2025.02.15		\|colspan=3 style="padding: 10px"\|2025.02.15
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