BEECN Program Organization: Difference between revisions
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|"Amateur Radio Operator". These are volunteers who are amateur radio licensed ''and'' trained to operate the [[Operations at Fire Stations#Orange Go-Kits|Orange Kits]] at fire stations. See: [[VSF 02.02: Fire Station | |"Amateur Radio Operator". These are volunteers who are amateur radio licensed ''and'' trained to operate the [[Operations at Fire Stations#Orange Go-Kits|Orange Kits]] at fire stations. See: [[VSF 02.02: Fire Station ARO]]. | ||
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== BEECN and PBEM == | == BEECN and PBEM == | ||
Guidelines governing the relationship between PBEM and the BEECN program: | |||
# The BEECN program is sited in and managed by the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) with participation from Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R). | # The BEECN program is sited in and managed by the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) with participation from Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R). | ||
# PBEM has sole authority to determine BEECN volunteer membership and who is responsible for maintaining and deploying a BEECN. | # PBEM has sole authority to determine BEECN volunteer membership and who is responsible for maintaining and deploying a BEECN. | ||
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# The PBEM Bureau Director may delegate responsibilities for the BEECN program to a designee. | # The PBEM Bureau Director may delegate responsibilities for the BEECN program to a designee. | ||
# All routine communications regarding BEECN program business between volunteers, city employees, and PBEM will be directed to staff at PBEM assigned to manage BEECN. | # All routine communications regarding BEECN program business between volunteers, city employees, and PBEM will be directed to staff at PBEM assigned to manage BEECN. | ||
== Responsibilities of PBEM to the BEECN Program == | |||
PBEM has many responsibilities to the BEECN program and they are woven throughout these BEECN Guidelines. The following subsection does not include all of PBEM’s responsibilities to the BEECN program, but indicates those most salient. PBEM will: | |||
# Provide training to designated BEECN volunteers that will instruct them on safe and effective practices and procedures to deploy the BEECN following an earthquake. | |||
# Provide BEECN exercise and drill opportunities to keep volunteers confident and competent in the skills needed to deploy in the event of a disaster. | |||
# Provide a point of contact at PBEM who responds to the needs and inquiries of BEECN volunteers in a reasonably timely, professional, and relevant manner. | |||
# Ensure that volunteers are appropriately indemnified for their service to the community. | |||
# Ensure that caches and cache supplies and equipment are replenished and replaced as needed and as resources permit; and, ensure that caches receive maintenance as required. | |||
# Be responsible for and maintain Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with property owners who host BEECN caches. | |||
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# The '''[[BEECN Sites|BEECN site]]''' is the geographical location where Portlanders are encouraged to go 24 to 48 hours following an earthquake. For example: school grounds, a park, or a parking lot. These are the sites that appear on published BEECN maps. | # The '''[[BEECN Sites|BEECN site]]''' is the geographical location where Portlanders are encouraged to go 24 to 48 hours following an earthquake. For example: school grounds, a park, or a parking lot. These are the sites that appear on published BEECN maps. | ||
# The '''[[BEECN Caches|BEECN equipment cache]]''' associated with the site is located within a five block radius of the BEECN site. It contains all the equipment that volunteers need to deploy the BEECN. | # The '''[[BEECN Caches|BEECN equipment cache]]''' associated with the site is located within a five block radius of the BEECN site. It contains all the equipment that volunteers need to deploy the BEECN. | ||
# '''[[BEECN Volunteers|BEECN volunteers]]''' are the personnel associated | # '''[[BEECN Volunteers|BEECN volunteers]]''' are the personnel associated with a BEECN and are trained to deploy the BEECN program 24 to 48 hours following an earthquake. It takes a minimum of two volunteers to operate a BEECN. | ||
Similarly, fire station resources in the BEECN system are broken into three elements: | |||
# The '''fire station''', as the name implies, is the Portland Fire & Rescue facility where the [[Operations at Fire Stations#Orange Go-Kits|VHF Orange "Go-Kit"]] is stored. Every fire station also has an antenna on its roof that hooks up to the VHF kit. | |||
# The '''Orange "Go-Kit"''' is the amateur radio set operators use to communicate with the radio room in the EOC. Each Orange Kit also includes a handheld UHF radio that can receive radio traffic from nearby BEECNs. | |||
# There are two types of '''fire station volunteers'''. There are UHF handheld radio operators, who operate the same [[BEECN Caches#UHF Handheld BEECN Radio|push-to-talk radio]] that BEECN volunteers do. They pass BEECN messages to the HAM radio volunteers, who then relay those messages to the EOC. | |||
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