BEECN Volunteers: Difference between revisions
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=== BEECN Volunteers and Portland Neighborhood Emergency Teams === | === BEECN Volunteers and Portland Neighborhood Emergency Teams === | ||
# BEECN volunteers and NETs operate independent of each other’s authority and are not under each other’s chain of command. | |||
# PBEM encourages BEECN cohorts to meet with regularly with their local NETs, and to be familiar with their Operations Plans. | |||
# One person may be both a NET and BEECN volunteer. NETs respond immediately following a major disaster, while BEECN volunteers operate 24 to 48 hours following an earthquake. Therefore, a volunteer can plausibly be part of both programs, and PBEM encourages volunteer participation in both. | |||
=== Indemnification of BEECN Volunteers === | === Indemnification of BEECN Volunteers === | ||
Subject to the conditions and limitations of the Oregon Constitution and Oregon Tort Claims Act, ORS 30.260 through 30.300, the City shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless BEECN or FS volunteers for any tort claim arising out of a BEECN/FS volunteer’s act or omission within the course and scope of the volunteer’s duties while the volunteer is performing emergency service activities under the direction of PBEM in connection with a state of emergency declared under ORS 401.309, or during a state of public health emergency proclaimed under ORS 433.441, or while the volunteer is engaged in training being conducted or approved by PBEM for the purpose of preparing the volunteer to perform emergency services, or while a volunteer is participating in non-emergency deployment activities with PBEM’s prior approval. | Subject to the conditions and limitations of the Oregon Constitution and Oregon Tort Claims Act, ORS 30.260 through 30.300, the City shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless BEECN or FS volunteers for any tort claim arising out of a BEECN/FS volunteer’s act or omission within the course and scope of the volunteer’s duties while the volunteer is performing emergency service activities under the direction of PBEM in connection with a state of emergency declared under ORS 401.309, or during a state of public health emergency proclaimed under ORS 433.441, or while the volunteer is engaged in training being conducted or approved by PBEM for the purpose of preparing the volunteer to perform emergency services, or while a volunteer is participating in non-emergency deployment activities with PBEM’s prior approval. | ||
