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Scenario Village is both a place and a PBEM [[program]]. As a place, Scenario Village is a 13,400 square foot indoor "mock town" owned and operated by the [https://www.portland.gov/police/divisions/training Portland Police Bureau] (PPB). The Village layout includes six buildings of various shapes and sizes (commercial and residential), streets, alleyways, and an observation deck. <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''A Scenario Village Exercise is one of the highest quality training opportunities available to NET volunteers.'''</span>
Scenario Village is both a place and a PBEM [[program]]. As a place, Scenario Village is a 13,400 square foot indoor "mock town" owned and operated by the [https://www.portland.gov/police/divisions/training Portland Police Bureau] (PPB). The Village layout includes six buildings of various shapes and sizes (commercial and residential), streets, alleyways, and an observation deck. <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''A Scenario Village Exercise is one of the highest quality training opportunities available to NET volunteers.'''</span>


NET volunteers use the Village several times a year for comprehensive response exercises. In a typical single exercise, NETs conduct search and rescue, triage, medical treatment, radio communications, SUV management, and leadership/delegation to respond to moulaged Survivors. A single exercise at Scenario Village can include distinct neighborhood teams or members from many neighborhoods blending into a team and working together.
NET volunteers use the Village several times a year for comprehensive response exercises. In a typical exercise, NETs conduct search and rescue, triage, medical treatment, radio communications, SUV management, and leadership/delegation to respond to [[moulaged]] Survivors. A single exercise at Scenario Village can include distinct neighborhood teams or members from many neighborhoods blending into a team and working together.
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== Exercise Information ==
== Exercise Information ==
All subheadings in this section describe a ''typical'' Scenario Village exercise, but much listed here is fluid and can change. The Village is versatile enough that the PBEM exercise organizer could consider any number of alternative training scenarios, or add/take away/change any of the exercise elements described below. The PBEM exercise organizer is responsible for appropriately shaping expectations about the exercise if anything described in this section is going to significantly change.   
All subheadings in this section describe a ''typical'' Scenario Village exercise but much listed here is fluid and can change. The Village is versatile enough that the PBEM exercise organizer could consider any number of alternative training scenarios, or add/take away/change any of the exercise elements described below. The PBEM exercise organizer is responsible for appropriately shaping expectations about the exercise if anything described in this section is going to significantly change.   


This applies also for the typical exercise scenario for Scenario Village, which is: '''''NET rescuers are responding in their neighborhood in the aftermath of a megathrust earthquake and mass casualty situation (MCI) on an afternoon with clear weather.'''''   
This applies also for the typical exercise scenario for Scenario Village, which is: '''''NET rescuers are responding in their neighborhood in the aftermath of a megathrust earthquake and mass casualty situation (MCI) on an afternoon with clear weather.'''''