VSF 14.01.01: BEECN Volunteer: Difference between revisions

:''See also:'' [[Basic Earthquake Emergency Communications Nodes (BEECN)|''BEECN Program Guidelines'']]<br /> <br />

| style="width: 50%; text-align: center; background-color:deepskyblue;" |'''During Blue Skies, these volunteers...'''

| style="width: 50%; text-align: center; background-color:gray; color:white;" |'''During Grey Skies, these volunteers...'''

| style="background-color:skyblue; padding:15px;" |...stay in contact with their BEECN Coordinator, participate in BEECN equipment checks, exercises, and inventories. They help keep caches adequately supplied, and monitor the [https://app.smartsheet.com/b/publish?EQBCT=9094103decb2475885daa0b03ac13496 BEECN readiness score] for their assigned BEECN.

| style="background-color:lightgray; padding:15px;" |...deploy to their BEECN site, set up the radio, and begin  exchanging messages with their primary relay.

[[VSF 14.01.02: BEECN Coordinator]]

 

[[VSF 14.01.03: BEECN District Coordinator]]

[[VSF 14.01.04: Fire Station UHF Volunteer]]

[[VSF 02.02: Fire Station ARO]]

 

{{VSF Position

| id = 14.01.01: BEECN Volunteer

| area = response

| net_required = no

| structure = The BEECN Volunteer is part of a BEECN Cohort, and the BEECN Volunteer reports to the BEECN Coordinator for their assigned BEECN.

| skills = Hand held UHF radio operation. Ability to remain cool headed in intense situations. First aid is also helpful, but not as important as the other skills listed.

| certifications = None required.

| currency = 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 twelve hour [[Minimum Service Contribution (MSC)]] unless they are also a NET volunteer. However, '''they should log at least one hour each calendar year minimum to remain in active status'''.

| physical = A BEECN volunteer must be inside a 20-minute walk or bike ride of the BEECN they are assigned to. They should be able to access BEECN equipment from storage and move it to the BEECN site with the assistance of at least one other person.

| equipment = '''PPE:''' Weather appropriate clothes. BEECN volunteers should wear the hard hats and vests found in their BEECN cache when conducting BEECN operations.

 

| updated = 2025.01.15 (version 2.0)

| released = 2017.10.03

| forms = [[Operations at BEECN Sites#Deployment Planning: the BEECN Response Framework|BEECN Response Framework]]

}}

|BEECN Orientation

|}

 

=== VSF 14.01.01: BEECN Volunteer Knowledge Base ===

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!<big>Description</big>

|[https://www.portland.gov/pbem/documents/basic-emergency-operations-plan-beop-2016/download Portland Basic Emergency Operations Plan (BEOP)]

|The BEOP is the framework that governs how the City of Portland responds in the aftermath of a major disaster. Being familiar with it can provide BEECN volunteers with heightened situational awareness.

|PBEM

|2016.02.15