VSF 14.01.02: BEECN Coordinator: Difference between revisions

=== Summary ===

[https://www.portland.gov/beecn BEECN] volunteers operate in organized cohorts, perform regular equipment checks, participate in drills, and deploy communication nodes (BEECNs) 24–48 hours after a major earthquake. A BEECN Coordinator is responsible for organizing and leading the volunteers assigned to a single BEECN resource (a BEECN cache or a fire station), as well as planning response operations. This is a Blue Skies volunteer position; the position does not carry into response.

BEECN Volunteers are the only PBEM volunteers who can be a NET volunteer '''''or''''' an [[Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs)|ATV]] but are [[Indemnification|indemnified]] by the City of Portland either way.

* Use contact information provided by PBEM to keep other volunteers assigned to the BEECN resource organized as a team.

* Schedule regular activities around the BEECN, such as equipment checks and inventories.

* Encourage BEECN volunteers to participate in regular exercises.

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|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"|'''Structure''' ^{'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Structure|※]]'''}

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|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"|'''Relevant Knowledge, Skills, Abilities''' ^{'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Relevant Knowledge, Skills, Abilities|※]]'''}

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|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"|'''Licenses and Certifications''' ^{'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Licenses and Certifications|※]]'''}

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|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"|'''Currency''' ^{'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Currency|※]]'''}

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|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"|'''Physical Requirements''' ^{'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Physical Requirements|※]]'''}

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|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"|'''Task Book''' ^{'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Task Book|※]]'''}

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|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"|'''PPE and Recommended Equipment''' ^{'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#PPE and Recommended Equipment|※]]'''}

'''Equipment:''' All the equipment a BEECN volunteer needs should be in their [[BEECN Caches|BEECN Cache]].

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|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"|'''Forms''' ^{'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Forms|※]]'''}

|style="padding: 10px"|[[Operations at BEECN Sites#Deployment Planning: the BEECN Response Framework|BEECN Response Framework]]

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|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"|'''Updated''' ^{'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Updated|※]]'''}

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|style="background: #13135a; color: white" width="105px"|'''Released''' ^{'''[[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Released|※]]'''}

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<mark>'''Important note: ONLY the trainings listed as REQUIRED are required!'''</mark> Optional training and supplemental resources are presented as a path for a volunteer to increase their knowledge and confidence carrying out their volunteer responsibilities. However, no volunteer's Active status depends on completing training marked as "Optional" or "Supplemental". For more information, please visit the article on [[PBEM Volunteer Position Descriptions#Training Section|Position Descriptions: Training Section]].

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|2.0 hours

|Course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. Knowing the basics of ICS can give BEECN volunteers context to the City's overall response effort.

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|[https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-242.c&lang=en IS-242: Effective Communication]

|1.0 hours

|Introduces the FEMA Community Lifelines construct, an outcome-driven response structure used to achieve incident stabilization. PBEM uses Community Lifelines, and knowing them will help BEECN volunteers communicate more effectively with the EOC.

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|Basic NET or CERT (certification)

|24 hours

|Basic NET/CERT training provides more and varied disaster response skills and situational awareness to BEECN volunteers.

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