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[[File:ScenarioVillage.panorama.jpg|alt=Panoramic shot of Scenario Village taken from the observation deck.|thumb|'''''Figure 1:''' Photo of Scenario Village taken from the observation deck.''|450x450px]]
[[File:ScenarioVillage.panorama.jpg|alt=Panoramic shot of Scenario Village taken from the observation deck.|thumb|''Photo of Scenario Village taken from the observation deck.''|450x450px]]
Scenario Village is a 13,400 square foot indoor "mock town" owned and operated by the [https://www.portland.gov/police/divisions/training Portland Police Bureau] (PPB). The Village layout includes six buildings of various shapes and sizes (commercial and residential), streets, alleyways, and an observation deck. <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''A Scenario Village Exercise is among the highest quality training opportunities available to NET volunteers.'''</span>
Scenario Village is a 13,400 square foot indoor "mock town" owned and operated by the [https://www.portland.gov/police/divisions/training Portland Police Bureau] (PPB), located at [https://goo.gl/maps/VMdK4abtXtFcwXSy9 14912 NE Airport Way]. The Village layout includes six buildings of various shapes and sizes (commercial and residential), streets, alleyways, and an observation deck. <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''A Scenario Village Exercise is among the highest quality training opportunities available to NET volunteers.'''</span>
[[File:SV.OpWhitestag.ErnieJones (2).jpg|alt=NETs planning entry into a home in Scenario Village. Photo by Ernie Jones.|thumb|450x450px|'''''Figure 2:''''' ''NETs planning entry into a home in Scenario Village during Operation Whitestag. Photo by Ernie Jones.'']]
[[File:SV.OpWhitestag.ErnieJones (2).jpg|alt=NETs planning entry into a home in Scenario Village. Photo by Ernie Jones.|thumb|450x450px|''NETs planning entry into a home in Scenario Village during Operation Whitestag. Photo by Ernie Jones.'']]
NET volunteers use the Village several times a year for comprehensive response exercises. In a typical exercise, NETs conduct search and rescue, triage, medical treatment, radio communications, SUV management, and leadership/delegation to respond to [[Moulage|moulaged]] Survivors. A single exercise at Scenario Village can include distinct neighborhood teams or members from many neighborhoods blending into a team and working together.
NET volunteers use the Village several times a year for comprehensive response exercises. In a typical exercise, NETs conduct search and rescue, triage, medical treatment, radio communications, SUV management, and leadership/delegation to respond to [[Moulage|moulaged]] Survivors. A single exercise at Scenario Village can include distinct neighborhood teams or members from many neighborhoods blending into a team and working together.
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==== Participant Roles and Responsibilities ====
==== Participant Roles and Responsibilities ====
[[File:ScenarioVillage.Lanyards.jpg|alt=Scenario Village lanyards. Different colors indicate different roles.|thumb|450x450px|'''''Figure 3:''' Scenario Village lanyards. Different colors indicate different roles. Click to enlarge.'']]
[[File:ScenarioVillage.Lanyards.jpg|alt=Scenario Village lanyards. Different colors indicate different roles.|thumb|450x450px|''Scenario Village lanyards. Different colors indicate different roles. Click to enlarge.'']]
The term "participant" encompasses many groups of people, not just those playing in the exercise. Groups of participants involved in the exercise, and their respective roles and responsibilities, are as follows:
The term "participant" encompasses many groups of people, not just those playing in the exercise. Groups of participants involved in the exercise, and their respective roles and responsibilities, are as follows:
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==== Exercise Location, Rules, and Expectations ====
==== Exercise Location, Rules, and Expectations ====
Scenario Village takes place at the Portland Police Bureau Training Division facility, [https://goo.gl/maps/VMdK4abtXtFcwXSy9 14912 NE Airport Way] in Portland. Exercise participants are guests of the Portland Police Bureau. NETs continuing to exercise at Scenario Village depends on following the rules of this highly secure facility. Failure to abide by appropriate conduct can result in a permanent ban from the facility, and removal from the NET program in egregious cases.  
Scenario Village takes place at the Portland Police Bureau Training Division facility, [https://goo.gl/maps/VMdK4abtXtFcwXSy9 14912 NE Airport Way] in Portland. Exercise participants are guests of the Portland Police Bureau. NETs continuing to exercise at Scenario Village depends on following the rules of this highly secure facility. Failure to abide by appropriate conduct can result in a permanent ban from the facility, and removal from the NET program in egregious cases.  
You can download a rough map of the Village by clicking [https://hcpaw.portlandoregon.gov/u/4hCPVguQj0rwEI9V/9fca2bef-4c86-4a88-aa99-2688f027902a?l HERE].


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===== Facility rules =====
===== Facility rules =====
* In all things, '''follow the [[NET Code of Conduct]].'''
* In all things, '''follow the [[NET Code of Conduct]].'''
* '''THE MAGIC WORDS ARE "REAL WORLD!"''' If a Player/Survivor/Proctor at any time observes something unsafe, or a situation that is about to become unsafe, they should yell "REAL WORLD". All in earshot will pause while a proctor assesses the situation and will un-pause the exercise when/if appropriate.
* '''THE MAGIC WORDS ARE "REAL WORLD!"''' If a Player/Survivor/Proctor at any time observes something unsafe, or a situation that is about to become unsafe, they should yell "REAL WORLD". All in earshot will pause while a Proctor assesses the situation and will un-pause the exercise when/if appropriate.
* '''Leave the space better than how you found it.''' Please clean up your trash and other disposables.
* '''Leave the space better than how you found it.''' Please clean up your trash and other disposables.
* '''Follow any and all instructions given to you by PPB officers''' and employees. Follow any posted rules at the facility.
* '''Follow any and all instructions given to you by PPB officers''' and employees. Follow any posted rules at the facility.
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* '''Sign in when you arrive.''' If the scatterbrained PBEM employee running the exercise forgot to bring a sign-in sheet, make one and turn it in to PBEM.
* '''Sign in when you arrive.''' If the scatterbrained PBEM employee running the exercise forgot to bring a sign-in sheet, make one and turn it in to PBEM.
* '''Do not bring cutting instruments/sharp instruments into the exercise area''' ([[bandage shears]] are an exception). PPB personnel will confiscate them, to be returned to you before you leave. That's right: no small pocketknives or multitools with pocketknives either.
* '''Do not bring cutting instruments/sharp instruments into the exercise area''' ([[bandage shears]] are an exception). PPB personnel will confiscate them, to be returned to you before you leave. That's right: no small pocketknives or multitools with pocketknives either.
* '''A PPB Officer will perform a pat-down of every person entering the exercise space to check for weapons.''' Like extra screening by TSA at the airport.
* '''Do not leave any permanent markings on any walls.''' If you want to make building markings in the Village, use a sheet of paper (provided by PBEM).
* '''Do not leave any permanent markings on any walls.''' If you want to make building markings in the Village, use a sheet of paper (provided by PBEM).
* '''Wear closed toe and sensible footwear.''' Heels, mandals and sandals are not permitted in the facility.
* '''Wear closed toe and sensible footwear.''' Heels, mandals and sandals are not permitted in the facility.
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In any Scenario Village exercise, assumptions and artificialities ensure completing play in the time allotted and/or account for logistical limitations. Scenario Village participants should accept assumptions and artificialities, and not allow these considerations to negatively impact participation.
In any Scenario Village exercise, assumptions and artificialities ensure completing play in the time allotted and/or account for logistical limitations. Scenario Village participants should accept assumptions and artificialities, and not allow these considerations to negatively impact participation.


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* '''Cell service is "down"'''; players cannot use cell phones to communicate with each other. ''However'', participants may use the [[Damage Assessment Mapping Module|DAMM]].
* '''Cell service is "down"'''; players cannot use cell phones to communicate with each other. ''However'', participants may use the [[Damage Assessment Mapping Module|DAMM]].
* Because of security rules of the Village, '''players cannot carry cutting instruments/sharp instruments into the exercise area.'''
* Because of security rules of the Village, '''players cannot carry cutting instruments/sharp instruments into the exercise area.'''
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==== Exercise Improvement Suggestions ====
Over the years, NETs have made suggestions concerning how PBEM might improve the exercise. The collapsed table is a list of things PBEM has not yet tried.


==== Exercise Timeline ====
==== Exercise Timeline ====
'''Before you visit the Scenario Village facility,''' please view the section on [[how to prepare for the exercise]] and arrive ready to go.


Unless you receive an email with a different timetable, the timetable for your experience at Scenario Village looks like this:
 
Before you visit the Scenario Village facility, please view the section on [[how to prepare for the exercise]] and arrive ready to go.
[[File:SV.OpWentzek.Maxfield.jpg|alt=Alice Busch preparing NET volunteers in the lobby area of PPB's Training Division.|thumb|400x400px|''Alice Busch preparing NET volunteers in the lobby area of PPB's Training Division.'']]
'''Unless you receive an email with a''' different '''timetable, the timetable for your experience at Scenario Village looks like this:'''
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|All non-Player personnel
|All non-Player personnel
|Set up Village for play, [[moulage]] Survivors, set up refreshments in the lobby.
|Set up Village for play, [[moulage]] Survivors, set up refreshments in the lobby.
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|style="background: yellow;"|0830
|style="background: steelblue; color: white"|1245
|style="background: steelblue; color: white"|1300
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|Survivors
|Optimal window of time for Survivors to arrive to get moulaged.
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|20 min.
|20 min.
|Players, Survivors, PPB personnel
|Players, Survivors, PPB personnel
|All Players, Survivors, Observers, and Proctors bag checked, marked, and cleared for entry into the Village area. As Survivors process in, Proctors will place them, answer questions, and listen to [[awesome music]]. Meanwhile, Players gather in the Village ready room and/or outside doors to the Village and discuss operations planning further.
|All Players, Survivors, Observers, and Proctors bag checked, marked, and cleared for entry into the Village area. As Survivors process in, Proctors will place them, answer questions, and listen to [https://vimeo.com/808222802 awesome music]. Meanwhile, Players gather in the Village ready room and/or outside doors to the Village and discuss operations planning further.
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===== General Preparation for Scenario Village =====
===== General Preparation for Scenario Village =====
{{#ev:youtube|KwV3e1XfIF0|350|right|''Reviewing CERT in Action is a good way to prepare.''|frame}}
{{#ev:youtube|-pjQ0FNzkLQ|350|right|''In Scenario Village, we talk about moving with intention and purpose. This short film (made by Gus Van Sant in the early 1980s) was really intended as a parody of industrial culture. But in its own way, the lesson of teaching yourself to move with intent is not a bad one.''|frame}}


* '''Have one or two key phone numbers handy.''' If you are late, or get locked out of an area, be ready to call a fellow NET or PBEM staff in the exercise so someone can let you in.
* '''Have one or two key phone numbers handy.''' If you are late, or get locked out of an area, be ready to call a fellow NET or PBEM staff in the exercise so someone can let you in.
* If you have time, review the suite of '''NET training refresher videos''' posted here on the NET Vimeo account: https://vimeo.com/showcase/10725195.
* If inclined and you have time to, '''skim through the [https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/2019.CERT_.Basic_.PM_FINAL_508c.pdf Basic CERT textbook]'''. Give particular attention to scene sizeup, conducting interior search operations, triage, patient carries, ICS document use, treating life threatening conditions (the "three killers"), head to toe assessment, wound care, and fracture treatment.
* If inclined and you have time to, '''skim through the [https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/2019.CERT_.Basic_.PM_FINAL_508c.pdf Basic CERT textbook]'''. Give particular attention to scene sizeup, conducting interior search operations, triage, patient carries, ICS document use, treating life threatening conditions (the "three killers"), head to toe assessment, wound care, and fracture treatment.
* '''Re-familiarize yourself with your [[FRS/GMRS radio]]''' if you plan to use them.
* '''Re-familiarize yourself with your [[FRS/GMRS radio]]''' if you plan to use them.
* If you plan to attend Scenario Village with your team, '''go over your team's [[Ops Plan]]''' and make sure everyone on the team has agreed who will take which roles (particularly [[Incident Team Leader]]).
* If you plan to attend Scenario Village with your team, '''go over your team's [[Ops Plan]]''' and make sure everyone on the team has agreed who will take which roles (particularly [[Incident Team Leader]]).
* '''Check through your response pack.''' Make sure you have everything you need where you plan to find it, and remove sharp instruments.
* '''Check through your response pack.''' Make sure you have everything you need where you plan to find it, and remove sharp instruments. '''Your multitool is not allowed inside Scenario Village''', and we are all patted down for weapons when we enter the exercise area.


<span style="color:#ffffff">...</span>[[File:ScenarioVillage.Ross1.jpg|alt=Bob Ross would have made an excellent Scenario Village proctor.|thumb|'''''Figure 3:''''' ''Bob Ross would have made an excellent Scenario Village proctor. Are you smarter than Bob Ross? Because I ain't.'']]
<span style="color:#ffffff">...</span>[[File:ScenarioVillage.Ross1.jpg|alt=Bob Ross would have made an excellent Scenario Village proctor.|thumb|''Bob Ross would have made an excellent Scenario Village proctor. Are you smarter than Bob Ross? Because I ain't.'']]
===== Preparing Yourself Mentally =====
===== Preparing Yourself Mentally =====
*'''Prepare for some stress.''' For the exercise to be a meaningful training experience, the exercise designer is going to introduce some level of stress. If you find the exercise easy, the exercise designer did their job poorly. If you find an exercise ''too'' stressful, ask your Incident Team Leader or the exercise proctors to turn it down, and/or check out with your Team Leader and take a break on the observation deck.
*'''Prepare for some stress.''' Scenario Village training is intended to be ''tolerably'' stressful so that participants can experience, and practice managing, stress induced impairment of the brain functions that are most sensitive to stress: executive function, sensory awareness, attention, and memory.<ref>Quoting this [https://hcpaw.portlandoregon.gov/u/xqPeQS8j3iTUo95C/08072591-2b69-455c-8333-c416ac6535c4?l from a paper] written 2023.11.07 by Nick McCullar, NW District NET, based on the work found in:
 
Hristić, Ana. 2023. “Foundations of TIC.” Presented at the EMCR 587 Fall 2023, Class Session 5, Portland State University, October 24.</ref> For the exercise to be a meaningful training experience, the exercise designer is going to introduce some level of stress. If you find the exercise easy, the exercise designer did their job poorly. If you find an exercise ''too'' stressful, ask your Incident Team Leader or the exercise proctors to turn it down, and/or check out with your Team Leader and take a break on the observation deck.
*'''The exercise is not a competition''' between volunteers on a shift. On the contrary, as they would in the real world, PBEM encourages Players to work collaboratively.  
*'''The exercise is not a competition''' between volunteers on a shift. On the contrary, as they would in the real world, PBEM encourages Players to work collaboratively.  
*'''Don't fret about "failure" or "making mistakes".''' As long as everyone walks away from the exercise uninjured (in the real-world) the only way you can "fail" is by not learning anything. Use the Scenario Village space and time to make mistakes and experiment; that's exactly why we exercise. It is strange the number of volunteers who walk away from Scenario Village feeling unsettled, even dispirited, like they "didn't do a good job".  As long as you learn from the exercise, you did a good job. Go get some (locally made) ice cream when it's over, OK? You earned it.
*'''Don't fret about "failure" or "making mistakes".''' As long as everyone walks away from the exercise uninjured (in the real-world) the only way you can "fail" is by not learning anything. Use the Scenario Village space and time to make mistakes and experiment; that's exactly why we exercise. It is strange the number of volunteers who walk away from Scenario Village feeling unsettled, even dispirited, like they "didn't do a good job".  As long as you learn from the exercise, you did a good job. Go get some (locally made) ice cream when it's over, OK? You earned it.
*'''This is, after all, a police training facility.''' As such, you will see signs of how police train and use the Village when NETs are not in it. Though PPB never uses the Village for live fire exercises, you might see spent blank cartridges. You may notice signs of forced door breaching. If you expect seeing these things will make you feel uncomfortable, you may want to reconsider participation at Scenario Village. Though a shooting range is on site the sound is '''''very''''' well insulated and participants have never commented on hearing gunshots (the range is rarely used on weekends anyway, which is when NETs are typically there).
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== Scenario Village Photo Slideshow ==
== Scenario Village Photo Slideshow ==
<gallery mode="slideshow" caption="'''''Photos of different Scenario Village exercises.'''''">
<gallery mode="slideshow" caption="'''''Photos of Scenario Village exercises.'''''">
File:SV.OpWhitestag.Heaton (2).jpg|alt=NET volunteer marking a house on a sheet of paper during Operation Whitestag. Photo by Felicia Heaton.|''NET volunteer marking a house on a sheet of paper during Operation Whitestag. Photo by Felicia Heaton.''
File:SV.OpWhitestag.ErnieJones.jpg|alt=NET Incident Team Leader Michael Schilmoeller (r) planning the response. Photo by Ernie Jones.|''NET Incident Team Leader Michael Schilmoeller (r) planning the response. Photo by Ernie Jones.''
File:SV.OpWhitestag.ErnieJones.jpg|alt=NET Incident Team Leader Michael Schilmoeller (r) planning the response. Photo by Ernie Jones.|''NET Incident Team Leader Michael Schilmoeller (r) planning the response. Photo by Ernie Jones.''
File:SV.OpSasquatch.Pham.jpg|alt=Players, Proctors, and Survivors gather for a hotwash at the end of Operation Sasquatch. Photo by Benjamin Pham.|''Players, Proctors, and Survivors gather for a hotwash at the end of Operation Sasquatch. Photo by Benjamin Pham.''
File:SV.OpSasquatch.Pham.jpg|alt=Players, Proctors, and Survivors gather for a hotwash at the end of Operation Sasquatch. Photo by Benjamin Pham.|''Players, Proctors, and Survivors gather for a hotwash at the end of Operation Sasquatch. Photo by Benjamin Pham.''
File:SV.OpWhitestag.Heaton (2).jpg|alt=NET volunteer marking a house on a sheet of paper during Operation Whitestag. Photo by Felicia Heaton.|''NET volunteer marking a house on a sheet of paper during Operation Whitestag. Photo by Felicia Heaton.''
File:SV.OpSasquatch (2).Pham.jpg|alt=NET volunteers carry a Survivor out using a SKED during Operation Sasquatch. Photo by Benjamin Pham.|''NET volunteers carry a Survivor out using a SKED during Operation Sasquatch. Photo by Benjamin Pham.''
File:SV.OpSasquatch (2).Pham.jpg|alt=NET volunteers carry a Survivor out using a SKED during Operation Sasquatch. Photo by Benjamin Pham.|''NET volunteers carry a Survivor out using a SKED during Operation Sasquatch. Photo by Benjamin Pham.''
File:SV.OpRedfern.ErnieJones.jpg|alt=Lt. Matt Silva and Lt. Laurent Picard proctoring Operation Redfern. Photo by Ernie Jones.|''Lt. Matt Silva and Lt. Laurent Picard proctoring Operation Redfern. Photo by Ernie Jones.''
File:SV.OpRedfern.ErnieJones.jpg|alt=Lt. Matt Silva and Lt. Laurent Picard proctoring Operation Redfern. Photo by Ernie Jones.|''Lt. Matt Silva and Lt. Laurent Picard proctoring Operation Redfern. Photo by Ernie Jones.''
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File:SV.OpAstor.VanKeuren.jpg|alt=Planning a response in the darkened streets, Operation Astor. Photo by Jeremy Van Keuren.|''Planning a response in the darkened streets, Operation Astor. Photo by Jeremy Van Keuren.''
File:SV.OpAstor.VanKeuren.jpg|alt=Planning a response in the darkened streets, Operation Astor. Photo by Jeremy Van Keuren.|''Planning a response in the darkened streets, Operation Astor. Photo by Jeremy Van Keuren.''
File:SV.OpAstor.VanKeuren (2).wTigard.jpg|alt=Proctor Alice Busch confers with Tigard CERT guests during Operation Astor. Photo by Jeremy Van Keuren.|Proctor Alice Busch confers with Tigard CERT guests during Operation Astor. Photo by Jeremy Van Keuren.
File:SV.OpAstor.VanKeuren (2).wTigard.jpg|alt=Proctor Alice Busch confers with Tigard CERT guests during Operation Astor. Photo by Jeremy Van Keuren.|Proctor Alice Busch confers with Tigard CERT guests during Operation Astor. Photo by Jeremy Van Keuren.
File:OpRedmond.Maxfield..jpg|alt=A pause in the action during Operation Redmond. Photo by Peter Maxfield.|''A pause in the action during Operation Redmond. Photo by Peter Maxfield.''  
File:OpRedmond.Maxfield..jpg|alt=A pause in the action during Operation Redmond. Photo by Peter Maxfield.|''A pause in the action during Operation Redmond. Photo by Peter Maxfield.''  
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<big>'''More Scenario Village photos are posted on the NET Tumblr [https://portlandnet.tumblr.com/tagged/scenariovillage HERE].'''</big>
 
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== Lessons Learned From Scenario Village ==
The table below represents cumulative observations and recommendations from Scenario Village exercises over the years. This list was first compiled by Eva Love with PBEM, and new observations are added iteratively. Readers can sort the list by VSF as well.
 
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|'''VSF 05.01: Incident Team Leader'''
|Plan for less standing around.
The ITL sent in several teams for recon and initial assessment while members of the other team stood out in the cold. (Although we did move inside for the second round).
 
It would have been better to find a way to utilize everyone or at least switch up the teams so that the same people weren’t left standing around while the first teams did their work.
|Inefficient use of personnel resources.
|ITL could plot out how to shift roles during periods of a response, so everyone has a job to do at a given time.
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|'''VSF 09.01 Search & Rescue'''
|Consider whether your flashlight is powerful enough for S&R.
|A weak light leads to hazards and poor observation/situational awareness.
|At some point, PBEM or the NETs should spec out minimum standards for search and rescue flashlights. A cursory internet search suggests 500 to 700 lumens (but, be sure you're not shining it in someone's face when you're rescuing them).
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|'''VSF 02: Communications'''
|Need to standardize radio communications; specifically, what to say and in what order, as well as how to hold a radio for best transmission.
|Confusion over radio comms.
|This is something that should certainly be factored into Team Operations Planning.
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|'''VSF 05.01: Incident Team Leader'''
|NETs referred to the ITL as the "mothership person".
|Turn of phrase that helped clarify the role of the ITL as someone who does not leave post but has direct reports.
|If a team is suited to it, use the term.
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|'''VSF 05.01: Incident Team Leader'''
|Some Incident Team Leads do not give clear objectives when they deploy the team.
|NETs wander around the Village without a clear idea of what they should be doing, or combining goals that should not be combined (e.g. rendering triage but interrupting the effort with medical treatment).
|Incident Team Leads should provide clear objectives to their team, such as "First, do scene sizeup/triage and report back. After you report, we'll begin treating the survivors who need it most. Transport them to a medical treatment area if safe to do so.".
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|'''VSF 09.01 Search & Rescue'''
|Volunteers often neglect voice triage just before entering a structure.
|NETs conducting assessment and triage make themselves work harder, lose time, and increase their risk when they neglect to ask Survivors to come to them.
|Strike team leaders should remind the NETs they work with to conduct voice triage before entering a structure. They should say "Hello! We're your neighbors and we're here to help. If you can walk, please walk towards the sound of my voice". Be ready to direct them to a safe gathering area nearby.
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|'''VSF 08.04: Treatment Area Manager'''
|Survivors are dumped off at the Medical Treatment Area with no information.
|Time lost when medical treatment NETs duplicate some of the work Search & Rescue NETs have already completed.
|Search & Rescue personnel should provide a brief report or documentation on what they know/don't know concerning the Survivor's condition.
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|'''VSF 05.01: Incident Team Leader'''
|Different individuals acted as Incident Commander, ARO, and scribe.
|Having a distinct Incident Commander, ARO, and scribe improves communication and coordination during an exercise.
|There should always be at least one Incident Commander, one ARO, and one scribe. In certain instances, it may be useful to have a scribe for both IC and Ops if they are in different locations. Scribes should also use paper to record current status, incident log, and observations.
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|'''VSF 15.03.01: SUV Lead'''
|Incident Commanders, medical, and Team Leaders delegated new roles to SUVs as the exercise scenario changed.
|Doing so kept all SUVs engaged and active. It also helped ICs, TLs, medical, and SUVs adapt and respond to new scenarios.
|Identify roles and assignments at the start of the exercise but be prepared to adapt as needed. IC and Ops should always be anticipating future delegations. SUVs should be ready to change roles at any moment.
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|'''VSF 08.04: Treatment Area Manager'''
|Medical was situated near the Incident Commander.
|Communication improved when medical was located near the Incident Commander. Complex information could be shared face-to-face. Additionally, the IC could better monitor the medical staging area and delegate as needed.
|The medical staging area should be located near the IC when possible.
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|'''VSF 02.06: Tactical Comms'''
|Participants used tactical callsigns when using radio communications.
|This prevented confusion and saved time during the exercise.
|Encourage NETs to use tactical callsigns during Scenario Village exercises. Standardizing modes of communication will better equip NETs to communicate during actual emergencies.
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|'''VSF 15.03.01: SUV Lead'''
|SUVs were given new tasks when they finished their assignments.
|SUVs successfully adapted to support areas of greatest need as the situation changed.
|Continue emphasizing adaptive exercises during Scenario Village. NETs should be able to focus on a specific task as well as quickly change gears.
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|'''VSF 02.03: Team ARO'''
|Communications prior to and during events can be disorganized.
|This makes it difficult to execute the exercise and confuses teams and participants. In certain scenarios, the ARO was overwhelmed by the number of calls being received.
|Communications prep should be conducted before the start of the exercise. There should always be at least one Op Control person assigned to handle the radio traffic while another plans and directs. Radio communications should be repeated to ensure all participants receive them. Continue to work on radio discipline. Complex information should be shared face-to-face when possible – this is easier if the IC has shared their location to everyone and stays put.
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|'''VSF 07.02: Documentation Unit'''
|Some participants were not familiar with the use of ICS/CERT forms.
|Some controllers suggested that ICS/CERT forms were not important and participants did not record important exercise information.
|TLs should drill forms with their NET before a comprehensive exercise. NETs should be able to collect necessary information even if forms are not available during an incident. This will better prepare them to respond to real-time emergencies. Consider creating a drill where NETs can test their knowledge of the forms in an exercise. Additionally, make sure that PBEM and PF&R are on the same page regarding the use of forms.
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|'''VSF 08.04: Treatment Area Manager'''
|Medical was overwhelmed by the number of SUVs and injured patients.
|Too many SUVs to supervise and patients to monitor. Medical could only provide superficial head-to-toe exams.
|If the scenario permits, there should always be additional NETs to support medical. If there are more than two injured people, the Medical Chief should delegate treatment to trained personnel and instead manage intake, triage, paperwork, and resource requests.
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|'''VSF 02: Communications'''
|There was no pre-identified controller for the radio check-ins.
|The radios check-ins were chaotic.
|During an actual emergency deployment, there likely won’t be time to pre-identify a controller. NETs should develop procedures for maintaining organized radio check-ins when there is no pre-identified controller.
|-
|'''VSF 07.02: Documentation Unit'''
|Rain made it difficult to create a written record.
|ICS forms were incomplete and illegible.
|Consider printing ICS/CERT forms on “Rite in the Rain” paper or adding Rite in the Rain notebooks to kits.
|-
|'''VSF 07.02: Documentation Unit'''
|Not enough scribes.
|Incident Command and Ops had difficulty tracking teams, creating accurate logs, and prioritizing safety.
|It would be helpful to have a scribe to help track team location and status. Developing a system to track movement and team status would also be valuable.
|-
|'''VSF 07.08.01: Mental Health Response'''
|Patients and bystanders experience trauma after disasters and emergencies.
|Some patients struggle to communicate or follow directions because they are traumatized.
|Consider creating a NET class about trauma-informed care.
|-
|'''VSF 09.01 Search & Rescue'''
|NETs conducting S&R sometimes struggle with doors shutting on them.
|Doors that close themselves can impact and interfere with extricating/transporting Survivors from a scene.
|NETs should carry one or two inexpensive rubber doorstops in their kits.
|}
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== Scenario Village Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ==
== Scenario Village Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ==


===== Q: What time should I arrive? =====
===== Q: What time should I arrive? =====
If you are in the AM shift, arrive between 9:00 and 9:30 AM. If you are in the PM shift, arrive between 1:00 and 1:30 PM. Don't be too early, because the doors won't open before your time (you can wait in the parking lot if you are early). And don't be late or you might not get in! Again, address is [https://goo.gl/maps/VMdK4abtXtFcwXSy9 14912 NE Airport Way] in Portland.
At beginning of your scheduled shift, but not earlier. The doors won't open before your time (you can wait in the parking lot if you are early). And don't be more than 15 minutes late or you might not get in! Again, the address is [https://goo.gl/maps/VMdK4abtXtFcwXSy9 14912 NE Airport Way] in Portland.


===== Q: Is Scenario Village indoors or outdoors? =====
===== Q: Is Scenario Village indoors or outdoors? =====
The Village itself is indoors, but there is no climate control in thar. So if it's cold outside, it will be cold in the Village. Players will probably spend a short amount of time (up to 30 minutes) on the other side of the Village's exterior door. Therefore, weather appropriate clothing is, indeed, appropriate.
The Village itself is indoors, but there is no climate control. So if it's cold outside, it will be cold in the Village. Players will probably spend a short amount of time (up to 30 minutes) on the other side of the Village's exterior door. Therefore, weather appropriate clothing is, indeed, appropriate.


===== Q: Are there restrooms at Scenario Village? =====
===== Q: Are there restrooms at Scenario Village? =====
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===== Q: Will you serve food at the exercise? =====
===== Q: Will you serve food at the exercise? =====
We provide lunch to Survivors and Proctors, but Players are on their own. Sorry, we need to keep costs down.
No, sorry. We are not permitted to purchase food with City funds.


===== Q: Should I bring... =====
===== Q: Should I bring... =====
(INSERT: vest, bandages, [https://krull.fandom.com/wiki/Glaive glaives], pry bar, SKED, ...etc)
(INSERT: vest, bandages, [https://krull.fandom.com/wiki/Glaive glaives], pry bar, SKED, etc.)


The answer to this question is always: ''we don't know...should you?'' Remember: you exercise how you respond. Bring what you would carry in a real response. Think you want to haul around that [[50-pound wrecking bar]]? OK, do it, the Proctors can use the laugh. There are, however, four prescriptive rules concerning what to bring or not to bring:
The answer to this question is always: ''we don't know...should you?'' Remember: you exercise how you respond. Bring what you would carry in a real response. Think you want to haul around that [[50-pound wrecking bar]]? OK, do it, the Proctors can use the laugh. There are, however, four prescriptive rules concerning what to bring or not to bring:
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===== Q: But I can bring bandage shears? =====
===== Q: But I can bring bandage shears? =====
Yes; that is the one exception to the don't bring sharp things to Scenario Village rule.
Yes; that is the one exception to the 'don't bring sharp things' to Scenario Village rule, because they have rounded tips.


===== Q: My NET ID badge expired. Can I still participate? =====
===== Q: My NET ID badge expired. Can I still participate? =====
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===== Q: Will PBEM replace disposables I used during the exercise? =====
===== Q: Will PBEM replace disposables I used during the exercise? =====
Yes, we have a budget for that. While in the exercise, note down what you use. After the exercise, email [mailto:net@portlandoregon.gov net@portlandoregon.gov] with the list and your mailing address. We will replenish your supplies ASAP. Bandages and other disposable medical supplies, caution tape, grease pencils, you name it.
Yes, we have a budget for that. While in the exercise, note down what you use. After the exercise, email [mailto:net@portlandoregon.gov net@portlandoregon.gov] with the list and your mailing address. We will replenish your supplies ASAP. Bandages and other disposable medical supplies, caution tape, grease pencils, etc.


===== Q: I left something at Scenario Village. How can I get it back? =====
===== Q: I left something at Scenario Village. How can I get it back? =====
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== Scenario Village Program History ==
== Scenario Village Program History ==
<nowiki>**</nowiki>Under construction**
[[File:ScenarioVillage.Parman.png|alt=Captain Bryan Parman|thumb|''Captain Bryan Parman'']]
The Portland Police Bureau Training Division campus [https://eastpdxnews.com/general-news-features/portland-police-bureaus-new-training-complex-lauded-by-city-officials/ fully opened on September 18, 2014] with Captain Bryan Parman supervising. Captain Parman generously agreed with PBEM that Scenario Village could provide an excellent opportunity for NET training, and allowed Jeremy to conduct the first NET exercise there on May 2nd, 2015. Though Captain Parman has since moved on from the Training Division, subsequent Training Captains have continued to permit NET volunteers to exercise at the facility.
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|25
|2024.04.27
|Operation Kalapuya
|CDE East Portland, Cannon Beach CERT
|20
|20
|2022.12.10
|14
|†Operation  Vera Katz
|Van Keuren, Westervelt, Busch
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|CDE participants on AM shift, Cannon Beach CERT on PM shift.
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|24
|2023.10.14
|Operation Kathlamet
|Reed, St. Johns, Skyline Ridge, NW District
|29
|18
|Van Keuren, Westervelt, Busch
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|23
|2023.05.06
|Operation Multnomah
|Latino NET en Cully
|15
|4
|Van Keuren
|One shift only.
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|22
|2023.03.11
|Operation Wasco
|Blended (AM), South Burlingame (PM)
|43
|24
|Christensen, Jones, Van Keuren, Westervelt, Legler, Mill (Woodburn)
|Woodburn CERT (4) and Verde NET (16) in AM
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|21
|2022.12.03
|Operation  Vera Katz
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|26
|20
|Devitt
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|20
|2022.09.10
|Operation Bud Clark
|Blended
|9
|9
|Busch, Szrom, Van Keuren, Westervelt
|Only one shift (AM).
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|19
|2022.09.10
|2019.12.07
|†Operation Bud Clark
|Operation Newberg
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|Hosford-Abernethy (AM), blended (PM)
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|2018.06.16
|2018.06.16
|Operation Yachats
|Operation Yachats
|Irvington
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|Devitt, Van Keuren
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|Only one shift (AM).
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|12
|12
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|2017.02.25
|Operation Highrange
|Operation Highrange
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|Hayden Island, Downtown
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[[File:SV.OpWhitestag.Heaton.jpg|alt=Jeremy Van Keuren|left|thumb|''This smug jerk will be your guide through Scenario Village. Photo by Felicia Heaton.''|400x400px]]
== References and Notes ==
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