Portland NET Tumblr

The Portland NET Tumblr, aka "The NET Coordinator's File Cabinet", is a microblogging news blotter with posts relevant to Portland NET and the discipline of emergency management generally. PBEM recommends volunteers visit the Tumblr and scan through article headlines at least once a week, reading any articles they find particularly interesting.

The Tumblr exists to:

• Keep volunteers up to date on news around emergency management-relevant topics. This is a dynamic and frequently shifting field, after all.
• Provide supplemental information for Volunteer Support Function (VSF) topics. For example, articles related to pet rescue are tagged VSF17 for easy sorting and review.
• Serve as an emergency management research hub. Some volunteers (and non-volunteers who know our work) are researching specific EM topics. With those topics organized by tagging, researchers can find the information they need quickly.
• Recognize the amazing work of volunteers. On the Tumblr, you'll find photos and information about what your fellow NETs are doing.
• Post fun stuff. Emergency management can get pretty dour if we let it.

The Tumblr is used only for the purposes listed above. It is never used for calendar events or scheduling; that is handled through the volunteer management system and other means. This resource is free to use and 100% publicly viewable; getting a Tumblr account is not necessary. ...

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How to Use the NET Tumblr

The most basic use of the Tumblr is simple: just go to the link and start scrolling: https://portlandnet.tumblr.com/

But, there are ways you can effectively search for specific information on the Tumblr. To learn that, please take about five minutes to watch this instructional video and you will emerge a Tumblr ninja: ...

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Posting and Formatting Photos

An example of a photo about to be posted to Tumblr, in the correct format with all the necessary information. Click to enlarge.

PBEM uses the Tumblr to post photographs of NET activities. For good recordkeeping and consistency, all photos of NET activities must be uniformly formatted. If that level of detail seems extreme, then never hope to be assigned organizing, classifying, and dating literally thousands of NET photos with no labels.

Note the example below. Every published photo or photoset should be captioned thusly:

Title of Event

Date: for publishing format is spelled out month, day, year (e.g. "November 12, 2022")

Location: can be approximate, or even as broad as the neighborhood's name

Credit: name of the person who took the photo

Below that bloc of information, add a description of what is happening. If possible, include the names of everyone in the picture.

Tags: don't forget to tag the post appropriately. In the example to the right, the post is tagged as "deployment".

DO NOT publish photos that include minors if PBEM has not obtained a photo release for the minor signed by a parent or guardian. The completed parental consent form should be archived at PBEM alongside the photo itself.

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Tumblr Tag Catalog

As of December 2022, there was over 6,000 articles in the Tumblr. All of them are sorted by one tag or more (i.e. one blog entry can possess multiple tags). But what are the tags? All of them are cataloged and linked below in the sortable table.

† = indicates a tag that PBEM is phasing out, and it should not be used in future posts.

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.	Podcast
Bridges	Articles and information concerning bridges in the Portland Metro Area.	Infrastructure	01
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, URM
ECC	ECC stands for "Emergency Coordination Center" and these are blog entries about them.	PBEM, VSF02
† Electrical	Blog entries concerning electrical utilities; and, generating power post-disaster. Will be phased out in favor of a VSF12 tag.	VSF04	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, TeamExercise
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, Triage	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, VSF04	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, VSF04, VSF01	03
† 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, SKED, VSF09	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.	Recognition	05
Lightning	Photos, GIFs and videos of frickin LIGHTNING 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	NET after-action reports from deployments. This tag will be phased out once all the AARs are migrated to NETwiki.	Deployment
News	Some volunteers use the Tumblr as a news blotter. These are blog articles of "current events", and is the most common tag on a blog entry.
† 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	Information about other CERT programs in the United States (and particularly in the Portland Metro Area).	RDPO, GovState
Outreach	Most often, photos about outreach events conducted by NETs or PBEM.	SpeakersBureau
Pandemic	Information about pandemics (this is also where you'll find COVID-related articles).
PBEM	Staff announcements and major policy initiatives of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management.	GovLocal, ECC, RDPO
Permaculture	Though this is not the textbook definition, "permaculture" here refers to techniques of surviving off-grid (even in an urban environment), particularly after a major disaster. For example, harvesting rainwater, raising food, etc. This is not a field we've cracked very much at PBEM/NET.	Resilience
PersonsWithDisabilities	Topics concerning both how to respond to persons with access and functional needs, and preparedness/response for persons with access and functional needs.	VSF06, Equity	06
† Pets	Blog entries about pet response. Will be phased out in favor of a VSF17 tag.	VSF17	17
Podcast	Links to podcasts relevant to NETs and emergency management.	Books
PPE	Information about Personal Protective Equipment.	ResponseKit, BNT, Equipment	07
Preparedness	General tag concerning disaster preparedness.	SpeakersBureau, Outreach, Vertical
Radio	All things radio: HAM, tactical communications, etc.	HAM, TacticalRadio, BEECN	02
Radiological	Entries concerning radiological threats (you know...radiation)	Unit 8, HAZMAT	10
RDPO	Tags concerning the Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization, of which PBEM is a part. The RDPO provides a lot of grant money to NET as well.	OtherCERTs, PBEM, GovLocal, Fundraising
Recognition	General tag to recognize champions of community resilience in Portland. We might phase this tag out in favor of the NETwiki page to recognize folks.	Leadership
Recovery	Blog entries specific to the topic of disaster recovery.	Unit 7
Resilience	Ugh, this tag. It has become a catch-all for too many topics, all at least peripherally related to community resilience.
ResponseKit	Concerning best practices and items for a personal NET response kit.	Equipment, PPE, BNT
SafetyOfficer	Blogs tagged that would be of interest to a team Safety Officer. Not very well developed yet.	PPE	05
Sanitation	Blog entries about post-disaster sanitation systems.	VSF03	03
ScenarioVillage	Photos and information about Scenario Village exercises.	Moulage, Exercise, CompScenario
† Sizeup	About sizing up before a search and rescue response. Will be phased out for a VSF09 tag.	VSF09	09
SKED	SKEDs are portable stretchers. PBEM is phasing them out, but this tag will remain for as long as we still have them.	BEECN, Knots, VSF09	09
SocialMedia	About the use and influence of social media in disaster response.		02
SpaceWeather	Very general (and slightly inaccurate) tag for solar flares, meteors, comets, and things like that. Stuff that fall from the sky and bonk ye onna head.
SpeakersBureau	Information relevant to PBEM's Speakers' Bureau.	Preparedness, Outreach
SUVs	Blog posts about managing spontaneous unaffiliated volunteers. Will be phased out for the VSF15 tag.	ATVs, VSF15	15
TacticalRadio	Radio communication inside the team, particularly FRS and GMRS radio.	Radio	02
TeamCache	Recommendations of items for a team cache, and information on assembling a team cache.	Equipment, VSF07	07
TeamExercise	Blogs about exercises that NETs design themselves and are not put on by PBEM.	Exercise, CompScenario
Tom11	Any video made for NET by Tom11 Films; mostly training videos.	Youtube, TrainingVideo
Tornado	Articles about them twisty thangs. Did you know we get them in the Pacific Northwest sometimes?
Trainers	Posts featuring NET trainers.	Leadership, Recognition
TrainingVideo	Training videos. You know, you sit your butt down, watch 'em, sometimes take a quiz after they're done. Training videos.	Tom11, Youtube, COVID19vid
Triage	All matters concerning ye art of triage: tools and techniques.	BNT, Unit 3, VSF08, VSF09, FirstAid	09
Tsunami	Tsunami resources. Soooooooooooooooo-naaaaaaaaam-eeeeeeeeeee.	Earthquake, EarthquakeCSZ
Unicorns	Photos of the majestic unicorn.
Unit 0	Topics related to the introductory unit of Basic NET training.	BNT, FFE
Unit 1	Topics related to BNT's community outreach unit.	BNT, CommunityOutreach, SpeakersBureau
Unit 2	Topics related to BNT's HAZMAT and utility shutoff class session.	BNT, Utilities, UtilityControl, Electrical, GasGasGas, VSF04, VSF10
Unit 3	Topics related to triage.	BNT, Triage, FirstAid, VSF09	09
Unit 4	Topics about disaster medical treatment.	BNT, FirstAid, VSF08	08
Unit 5a	Topics about search techniques and sizeup.	BNT, VSF09	09
Unit 5b	Blogs about rescue.	BNT, VSF09, knots, SKED	09
Unit 6	Blog entries about NET and CERT organization and ICS.	BNT	05
Unit 7	Disaster psychology information.	Recovery, VSF08	08
Unit 8	Posts about terrorism and CBRNE.	VSF10, Radiological	10
URM	All posts concerning unreinforced masonry (brick and nonductile concrete).	Earthquake, EarthquakeTech	09
† Utilities	Blanket tag for posts about gas, electrical, water shutoff, and more. Will be phased out for a VSF04 tag.	VSF04	04
Vendor	Tagged on blog entries for companies that sell emergency prep and response gear.	Equipment, TeamCache
Vertical	Entries about disaster prep in tall buildings, such as apartments and condos.	Preparedness
Volcanos	🌋💥
VSF01	Posts relevant to VSF01: Transportation.		01
VSF02	Posts relevant to VSF02: Communications.	Radio, HAM, TacticalRadio	02
VSF03	Posts relevant to VSF03: Infrastructure/Sanitation.		03
VSF04	Posts relevant to VSF04: Utilities/Fire Suppression.	Utilities, GasGasGas, Electrical, Infrastructure	04
VSF05	Posts relevant to VSF05: Planning/Command.		05
VSF06	Posts relevant to VSF06: Mass Care/Shelter.		06
VSF07	Posts relevant to VSF07: Logistics.		07
VSF08	Posts relevant to VSF08: Medical.		08
VSF09	Posts relevant to VSF09: Search and Rescue.		09
VSF10	Posts relevant to VSF10: Hazmat Awareness.		10
VSF11	Posts relevant to VSF11: Food.		11
VSF12	Posts relevant to VSF12: Light and Power.	Electrical, VSF04	12
VSF14	Posts relevant to VSF14: Public Information.	BEECN	14
VSF15	Posts relevant to VSF15: Volunteer/Donations Management.		15
VSF17	Posts relevant to VSF17: Animal Response.	Pets	17
WildlandFire	Posts pertaining to wildfires in mostly rural communities (which causes smoke and air quality issues in Portland).	ClimateChange, WUI, Fire
WinterStorm	Blog entries about winter storms in the Portland Metro Region.	Heat, ClimateChange, Homeless
WUI	WUI = Wildland Urban Interface, and is of particular concern for Portland because of Forest Park.	VSF04, ClimateChange, WildlandFire, Fire, Homeless	04
Youth	Posts about the TeenCERT program and other youth partnerships.
Youtube	Tagged blogs with Youtube videos. Not very practical, unless you want to have a disaster prep movie nght.	Tom11, TrainingVideo, COVID19vid