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[[File:ScenarioVillage.panorama.jpg|alt=Panoramic shot of Scenario Village taken from the observation deck.|thumb|'''''Figure 1:''' Panoramic shot of Scenario Village taken from the observation deck.''|450x450px]] | [[File:ScenarioVillage.panorama.jpg|alt=Panoramic shot of Scenario Village taken from the observation deck.|thumb|'''''Figure 1:''' Panoramic shot of Scenario Village taken from the observation deck.''|450x450px]] | ||
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 | 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 among 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 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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==== Participant Roles and Responsibilities ==== | ==== Participant Roles and Responsibilities ==== | ||
[[File:ScenarioVillage.Lanyards.jpg|alt=Scenario Village lanyards. Different colors indicate different roles.|thumb|450x450px|'''''Figure 2:''' Scenario Village lanyards. Different colors indicate different roles. Click to enlarge.'']] | |||
The term "participant" encompasses many groups of people, not just those playing in the exercise. Groups of participants involved in the exercise, and their respective roles and responsibilities, are as follows: | The term "participant" encompasses many groups of people, not just those playing in the exercise. Groups of participants involved in the exercise, and their respective roles and responsibilities, are as follows: | ||
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* '''Have one or two key phone numbers handy.''' If you are late, or get locked out of an area, be ready to call a fellow NET or PBEM staff in the exercise so someone can let you in. | * '''Have one or two key phone numbers handy.''' If you are late, or get locked out of an area, be ready to call a fellow NET or PBEM staff in the exercise so someone can let you in. | ||
* If inclined and you have time to, '''skim through the [https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/2019.CERT_.Basic_.PM_FINAL_508c.pdf Basic CERT textbook]'''. Give particular attention to scene sizeup, conducting interior search operations, triage, patient carries, ICS document use, treating life threatening conditions (the "three killers"), head to toe assessment, wound care, and fracture treatment. | * If inclined and you have time to, '''skim through the [https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/2019.CERT_.Basic_.PM_FINAL_508c.pdf Basic CERT textbook]'''. Give particular attention to scene sizeup, conducting interior search operations, triage, patient carries, ICS document use, treating life threatening conditions (the "three killers"), head to toe assessment, wound care, and fracture treatment. | ||
* Re-familiarize yourself with your [[FRS/GMRS radio]] if you plan to use them. | * '''Re-familiarize yourself with your [[FRS/GMRS radio]]''' if you plan to use them. | ||
* If you plan to attend Scenario Village with your team, go over your team's [[Ops Plan]] and make sure everyone on the team has agreed who will take which roles (particularly [[Incident Team Leader]]). | * If you plan to attend Scenario Village with your team, '''go over your team's [[Ops Plan]]''' and make sure everyone on the team has agreed who will take which roles (particularly [[Incident Team Leader]]). | ||
* '''Check through your response pack.''' Make sure you have everything you need where you plan to find it, and remove sharp instruments. | |||
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(INSERT: vest, bandages, [https://krull.fandom.com/wiki/Glaive glaives], pry bar, SKED, ...etc) | (INSERT: vest, bandages, [https://krull.fandom.com/wiki/Glaive glaives], pry bar, SKED, ...etc) | ||
The answer to this question is always: ''we don't know...should you?'' Remember: you exercise how you respond. Bring what you would carry in a real response. Think you want to haul around that [[50-pound wrecking bar]]? OK, do it, | The answer to this question is always: ''we don't know...should you?'' Remember: you exercise how you respond. Bring what you would carry in a real response. Think you want to haul around that [[50-pound wrecking bar]]? OK, do it, the Proctors can use the laugh. There are, however, three prescriptive rules concerning what to bring or not to bring: | ||
* You '''''must NOT''''' bring sharp stabby objects. | * You '''''must NOT''''' bring sharp stabby objects. No pocketknives, or multi-tools with pocketknives either. | ||
* You '''''must NOT''''' bring anything that is clearly a weapon. | * You '''''must NOT''''' bring anything that is clearly a weapon. | ||
* You '''''must''''' wear closed-toe footwear. | * You '''''must''''' wear closed-toe footwear. | ||
