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Tag Name	Notes	Related tags	VSF
AdvancedNET	General tag; advanced NET training classes.	Exercise, ScenarioVillage
Apps	NET- and emergency management-relevant phone apps.
ATVs	Relevant to managing Affiliated Team Volunteers.	SUVs, VSF15	15
BEECN	Content related to the Basic Earthquake Emergency Communications Nodes.	Radio, HAM, VSF14, VSF02	02
Benefits	Occasionally, NETs are offered discounts from vendors in appreciation for their service. These opportunities are listed under this tag.
BNT	Topics recommended for NETs in Basic NET Training.	KeyReview, FFE, Cribbing, Extinguishers
Books	NET- and emergency management-relevant books.
Bridges	Articles and information concerning bridges in the Portland Metro Area.	Infrastructure
BusinessPrep	Resources for business preparedness.	COAD	18
† Calldown	Stats from Everbridge calldown drills.	Exercise
CEI	Information concerning Portland's Critical Energy Infrastructure hub.	Infrastructure	10
CivilUnrest	Regarding Portland relevant events only. Not a very common tag; NET probably won't be involved in civil unrest response again.
ClimateChange	Concerning the nexus between disasters and climate change.	Heat, Winterstorm, InclementWeather, ExtremeWeather, Flood, Drought, Resilience
Clouds	Just images of interesting clouds. Ahhhhhhhhhh clouds. Relaxing, no?	Lightening, GIF	05
COAD	Information relevant to a Community Organizations Active in Disaster group. This tag includes VOAD matters as well.	BusinessPrep	18
CompScenario	"Comprehensive Scenario"; a type of exercise.	Exercise, ScenarioVillage
COVID19vid	During the COVID pandemic, PBEM held virtual training meetings once a week. These are videos of those meetings.	Youtube
CRDjournal	Concerning the convening of Community Resilience Districts.
Cribbing	Describing the basic NET technique of using levers and blocks to lift a heavy object.	BNT, FFE, Unit 5b, VSF09	09
Dashboard	Monthly NET stats reports with demographic information and more.
Deployment	Blog entries concerning NET emergency deployments.	NETAAR
Drones	About aerial drone use in emergency management	VSF09	09
Drought	Blog entries related to drought, mostly in Oregon.	ClimateChange, WildlandFire, WUI
Earthquake	Very general tag related to all things earthquake in the world.	EarthquakeCrustal, EarthquakeCSZ, EarthquakeOther, EarthquakeTech
EarthquakeCrustal	Focusing on crustal earthquake phenomena.	Earthquake
EarthquakeCSZ	Focusing specifically on prospective and historical Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes.	Earthquake
EarthquakeOther	Notable earthquake stories outside of Oregon.	Earthquake
EarthquakeTech	Interesting technological advances to designed to mitigate the damage caused by earthquakes.	Earthquake
ECC	ECC stands for "Emergency Coordination Center" and these are blog entries about them.	PBEM
† Electrical	Blog entries concerning electrical utilities; and, generating power post-disaster. Will be phased out in favor of a VSF12 tag.	UtilityControl, Utilities	12
Equipment	Posts about NET equipment.	PPE, TeamCache, Vendor, ResponseKit, SKED
Equity	Blog entries about the disproportionate impact disasters have on communities underserved by government.	PersonsWithDisabilities
Exercise	Exercises are scenarios in emergency management intended to test a capability/capabilities, and/or test responses in a specific situation. These posts are about exercises NETs are in.	CompScenario, ScenarioVillage, Moulage
Extinguisher	NETs and the use of fire extinguishers, and blog posts about extinguishers.	FFE, Cribbing, VSF04	04
FEMA	Policies and announcements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.	GovFed
FFE	Posts about the NET Final Field Exercise.	BNT, Extinguisher, Cribbing, Exercise
Finances	Blog entries about disaster finance issues such as financial prep and insurance.	Preparedenss
† Fire	Fire that does not include wildland fires (e.g. urban fires). Will be phased out in favor of the VSF04 tag.	WildlandFire, WUI, VSF04	04
† FirstAid	Posts about first aid: tips, gear, etc. Will be phased out in favor of the VSF09 tag.	Unit 3, VSF08	08
Flood	General tag about flooding anywhere, including urban pooling.
† FoodWater	Any blog post related to food/water prep or preservation. Will be phased out in favor of a VSF11 tag.	VSF11, Infrastructure	11
FPN	Posts about the NET 501(c)3, Friends of Portland NET.	Fundraising
Fundraising	Posts with tips on fundraising for your team.	TeamCache, FPN
Funny	Hard to have a sense of humor in emergency management. It's a little dark, but these are memes that made us LOL.
GasGasGas	Blog posts related to natural gas leaks and gas infrastructure. Because Jumpin Jack Flash...	Infrastructure, Utilities, UtilityControl	04
GIF	Various animated GIFs of NET related topics.	Funny, Graphic
GovFed	Announcements and resources related to the federal government (not always FEMA, but FEMA is often included).	FEMA
GovLocal	Announcements and resources related to City of Portland, Multnomah County, or Metro Regional government.	PBEM, RDPO
GovState	All entries concerning the State government, particularly Oregon's Office of Emergency Management.	WildlandFire, OtherCERTs
Graphic	Graphics of a variety of topics related to NETs and emergency management.	GIF, Funny, Maps
HAM	Posts related to the use of HAM radio.	Radio, BEECN	02
† HAZMAT	Blog entries about hazardous materials and responding to HAZMAT scenarios/incidents. Will be phased out in favor of a VSF10 tag.	VSF10	10
Heat	Incidents reporting on extreme heat weather.	ClimateChange, Homeless, WinterStorm
History	Historical articles on disasters that mostly took place in Oregon (with some exceptions).
Homeless	Blog entries concerning sheltering homeless persons during inclement weather events. Generally Portland-specific.	VSF06, Heat, WinterStorm	06
Hurricane	Yeah hurricanes bruh. Check it out bruh. Typhoons too.	InclementWeather
InclementWeather	General tag for inclement weather posts (this is where you'll find windstorms, for example).	Heat, WinterStorm
Infrastructure	General infrastructure tag; could include water, power, gas, roads, you name it.	Bridges, GasGasGas, Electrical, Utilities, UtilityControl
† KeyNews	Articles of especial importance to NET. Phased out to be combined later with the KeyReview tag.	KeyReview
KeyReview	Articles and information of especial importance to NET volunteers.	KeyNews
Knots	PBEM has scaled back the importance of knots in NET, but we still use them. Check this tag out for info on low angle rescue systems and other knotty issues.	VSF06	06
Landslide	Landslide hazards in the Portland area.
Leadership	Vague tag on blog entries either about the practice of leadership, or recognizing leaders in the NET community.		05
Lightening	Photos, GIFs and videos of frickin LIGHTENING bruh. Yeah it's totally metal 🤘⚡ 🤘⚡ 🤘⚡ hope you can handle it	GIF, InclementWeather
Looting	"Looting" is a word freighted with a lot of racist meaning and is more often a myth than a reality. These are blog posts exploring that.	Misinformation
Maps	Links and information about mapping resources, which are particularly helpful for operations planning.	Graphic
Misinformation	Naturally, these are not blog entries with misinformation. These are entries concerning misinformation connected to disaster preparedness (the "Triangle of Life", for example).	Looting
Mitigation	Blog articles about mitigating the impact of a disaster.
Moulage	Photos and technique for moulage (injury makeup). Some of these are gory, so hold on to your stomach.	ScenarioVillage
NETAAR
News
† NonRadioComms	Tagged to entries about any communication method that doesn't rely on radio. This tag is a misnomer because it is tagged on some articles that use radio. Being phased out in favor of a VSF02 tag.	VSF02	02
OtherCERTs		RDPO
outreach
Outreach
Pandemic
PBEM
permaculture
Personswithdisabilities		VSF06	06
pets
podcast
PPE
Preparedness
Radio
Radiological
RDPO		OtherCERTs
recognition
Recovery
remediation
Resilience
ResponseKit
SafetyOfficer
sanitation
ScenarioVillage
Sizeup
SKED
socialmedia
SpaceWeather
SpeakersBureau
SUVs
TacticalRadio
TeamCache
teamexercise
Tom11
tornado
Trainers
TrainingVideo
triage
Tsunami
Unicorns	Photos of the majestic unicorn.
Unit 0
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5a
Unit 5b
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
URM
Utilities
UtilityControl
Vendor
Vertical
VFS09
Volcanos
VSF01
VSF02
VSF03
VSF04
VSF05
VSF06
VSF07
VSF08
VSF09
VSF10
VSF14
VSF15
VSF17
WildlandFire
WinterStorm
WUI
Youth
Youtube