Scenario Village (Español): Difference between revisions

===== General tips about facility use and expectations =====

*'''Make extra planning to arrive on time.''' Again, this is a secure building. The front door is locked as are all areas of the building; and, nobody staffs the front desk while the exercise commences. If you arrive late, you have to call someone inside (who may not hear their phone because of background noise) and then someone has to be escorted through locked areas to get you and escort you back.

*'''Exercise the way you would respond.''' Be ready to put your team's [[Operations Plan]] into action if you have one. For equipment, with the exception of sharp/cutting instruments, bring the equipment you would bring in a real deployment. Doing these things will reveal the best and the deficient practices in how you prepare equipment and organize your team.

* '''The experience of individual Players will vary.''' For example, a Player who remains at the command post to relay radio traffic will have a significantly different experience from a Player extricating Survivors. PBEM's hope is that individual teams will ultimately have multiple opportunities to participate in these exercises, allowing for Players to try out different roles.

*'''If you happen to see any [[Moulage|moulaged]] Survivors, avoid looking at them if possible.''' That's like seeing answers before an exam. Anyway, staring at someone's injuries is just rude.

*'''You will be frisked and your bags thoroughly checked''' by a PPB or PBEM employee. So leave the bazooka at home, ok? It gets awkward when you bring that.

*'''Keep track of which and how much/many disposable supplies you use in the exercise''', and report to PBEM by email after the exercise ([mailto:Net@portlandoregon.gov net@portlandoregon.gov]). Disposable supplies include bandages, emergency blankets, masks, caution tape, and so on. PBEM will have replacement supplies shipped to you shortly after the exercise.<p><span style="color:#ffffff">...</span></p>

==== Exercise Objectives and Core Capabilities ====

The following exercise objectives in the table below describe the expected outcomes for the exercise. The objectives are linked to core capabilities, which are distinct critical elements necessary to achieve the specific mission area(s).

!Exercise Objectives

!Core Capabilities

|'''Organize a command post'''

|Leadership/delegation, operations planning, radio communications, organizing/distributing/using documents.

|'''Conduct search for survivors'''

|Size-up, marking buildings, search patterns.

|'''Triage survivors'''

|Injury triage, limited medical treatment, establishing medical triage area.

|'''Survivor recovery'''

|Cribbing, patient packaging, patient transport to treatment area.

|'''Team support radio communications'''

|Proper use of FRS/GMRS radios, frequencies, and tactical communication.

|'''Report to the ECC'''

|Proper use of the [[Damage Assessment Mapping Module|DAMM]].

|'''Manage SUVs'''

|Disaster psychology, volunteer management.

==== Exercise Assumptions and Artificialities ====

In any Scenario Village exercise, assumptions and artificialities ensure completing play in the time allotted and/or account for logistical limitations. Scenario Village participants should accept assumptions and artificialities, and not allow these considerations to negatively impact participation.

* '''Cell service is "down"'''; players cannot use cell phones to communicate with each other. ''However'', participants may use the [[Damage Assessment Mapping Module|DAMM]].

* Because of security rules of the Village, '''players cannot carry cutting instruments/sharp instruments into the exercise area.'''

* Survivors will wear triage cards around their necks with information about their condition such as heart rate, etc. Many "survivors" will also wear [[moulage]] to simulate injuries.

* '''Players are NOT permitted to mark up the buildings in the Village''' (to convey casualties inside, etc). PBEM provides large sticky note pads to write on and place on the outer walls of buildings.

*'''No patient transports on stairs.''' Where Players would normally transport a patient down a set of stairs, the actor will stand up and walk slowly with the responding Players. Once they clear the stairs, they may re-commence a patient transport.

==== Variable Exercise Elements ====

The following exercise factors can be adjusted, added, or removed by exercise proctors to make the exercise more or less challenging.

!Element

!Settings

|'''Aftershocks'''

|Proctors can whistle for attention and declare an aftershock is taking place. That might change some elements in the exercise such as injury statuses, missing people, or relevant building damage.

|'''Background noise'''

|Proctors can set up a sound system in the Village with white noise, or play stressful noises such as loud traffic, explosions, chainsaws, people screaming in distress, political stump speeches, [https://vimeo.com/658557339 angry goats], the [https://youtu.be/LANHWwEjOAU?t=63 theme music] from "Conan the Barbarian", and more. Background noise will also interfere with use of tactical radios.

|'''Building damage'''

|Some sides of the buildings may have signs with messages such as "The back of the house has partially collapsed". Players should treat the signs as literal during the exercise.

|'''Downed electrical wires'''

|Proctors may set up downed wires that present a hazard and must be avoided/worked around.

|'''Fallen debris'''

|Fallen debris in the form of wood blocks might cover a Survivor.

|'''Gas meter'''

|A gas meter attached to a building may leak (sound simulated by a [[SCBA tank]]).

|'''Hazardous Materials NFPA 704 diamond'''

|Participants might see an [[wikipedia:NFPA_704|NFPA 704 diamond-shaped]] sign warning of hazardous materials in a building.

|'''Lighting'''

|Proctors can use the artificial light and the large access doors in the Village to control visibility and simulate time of day, up to and including pitch dark. Individual buildings also have exterior and interior lighting.

|'''Persons with Disabilities'''

|One or more Survivors may be using a wheelchair or other assistance device, have a service animal, or have some other condition that bears on how Players choose to respond.

|'''Persons who do not speak English'''

|Players may encounter one or more survivors who do not speak English.

|'''Smoke machine'''

|To simulate high dust (NOT smoke from a [[fire]], which NET volunteers cannot respond to) proctors may set up a smoke machine to reduce visibility for participants.

|'''Strobe'''

|Sometimes a strobe light will be installed in an area to increase the stress and confusion level.

|'''Survivors (injured)'''

|Possibly the most important exercise element is the number and condition of injured Survivors.

|Uninjured Survivors may be helpful SUVs, unhelpful SUVs, someone providing information, someone trapped, or someone causing trouble.

==== Exercise Improvement Suggestions ====

Over the years, NETs have made suggestions concerning how PBEM might improve the exercise. The collapsed table is a list of things PBEM has not yet tried.

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