Basic Earthquake Emergency Communications Nodes (BEECN): Difference between revisions
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With only three months to implement, PBEM Operations Manager David Blitzer teamed with PBEM new hire Jeremy Van Keuren to scope out site locations. Funding for much of the program would come from the [https://rdpo.net Regional Disaster Policy Organization] through a 2010 [https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/homeland-security UASI grant], for a total cost of $151,496. The Mayor's Office contributed an additional $60,000 to market the program by sending a BEECN postcard to every home and business in the City of Portland. The postcards dropped in early December 2012, and Mayor Adams officially kicked the program off on December 12. | With only three months to implement, PBEM Operations Manager David Blitzer teamed with PBEM new hire Jeremy Van Keuren to scope out site locations. Funding for much of the program would come from the [https://rdpo.net Regional Disaster Policy Organization] through a 2010 [https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/homeland-security UASI grant], for a total cost of $151,496. The Mayor's Office contributed an additional $60,000 to market the program by sending a BEECN postcard to every home and business in the City of Portland. The postcards dropped in early December 2012, and Mayor Adams officially kicked the program off on December 12. | ||
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!BEECN Program Milestones | |||
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|2013.03.16 | |||
|First test of the BEECN system | |||
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|2015.10.09 | |||
|PBEM recruits Ernie Jones to manage the BEECN program | |||
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|2017.10.03 | |||
|Publication of the first edition of the BEECN Guidelines | |||
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|2018.08.02 | |||
|Marketing the BEECN program via bike trailer ads around Portland | |||
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