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== Frequently Used Acronyms in NET ==
== Frequently Used Acronyms in NET & BEECN ==
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|[https://volunteerpdx.net/index.php/Volunteer_Support_Functions_(VSFs)#VSF_02:_Communications VSF 02: Communications]
|[https://volunteerpdx.net/index.php/Volunteer_Support_Functions_(VSFs)#VSF_02:_Communications VSF 02: Communications]
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|'''BNT'''
|Basic NET Training
|1.) Very common
|Approximately 26 hours of independent study, classroom sessions, and field training required to become an Active NET. NET training meets or exceeds the [https://community.fema.gov/PreparednessCommunity/s/cert-trainings CERT standard].
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|'''BOEC'''
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|Community Emergency Response Team
|Community Emergency Response Team
|1.) Very common
|1.) Very common
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|NET would be called CERT in most jurisdictions in the country. However, in Portland we avoid confusion with the Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) by naming the program NET.
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|'''COOP'''
|'''COOP'''
|Continuity of Operations Plan
|Continuity of Operations Plan
|2.) Common
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|'''CPT'''
|Community Preparedness Team
|2.) Common
|2.) Common
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|Community Resilience Team
|Community Resilience Team
|2.) Common
|2.) Common
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|No longer used. Changed in 2024 to "Community Preparedness Team."
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|3.) Uncommon
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|'''MHFA'''
|Mental Health First Aid
|2.) Common
|Advanced NET Training which provides certification in the [https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/ National Council for Mental Wellbeing curriculum].
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|'''MIP'''
|'''MIP'''
|MyImpact
|[https://bit.ly/net-mip MyImpactPage.com] or the [MyImpact apphttps://www.betterimpact.tv/my-impact/ MyImpact app]
|1.) Very common
|1.) Very common
|The product name of the NET volunteer database, where volunteers log their hours and sign up for deployments.
|The name of the NET volunteer database, where volunteers log their hours, and sign up for trainings and deployments.
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|1.) Very common
|1.) Very common
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|'''PFA'''
|Psychological First Aid
|2.) Common
|PFA is a topic of Basic NET Training Unit 5.
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|Point of Dispensing or Distribution
|Point of Dispensing or Distribution
|2.) Common
|2.) Common
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|FEMA has created a recommended procedure for setting up [https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-26&lang=en Points of Distribution] during disasters.
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|'''Blue Skies'''
|'''Blue Skies'''
|In emergency management, refers to routine day to day operations and ongoing services. The antonym sometimes used is "gray skies"; those days when emergency managers are responding to a crisis and in response mode.
|In emergency management, refers to routine day to day operations and ongoing services. The antonym sometimes used is "grey skies"; those days when emergency managers are responding to a crisis and in response mode.
|3.) Uncommon
|3.) Uncommon
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