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* Offers space for volunteers to check in and get to know one another; | * Offers space for volunteers to check in and get to know one another; | ||
* The completed Framework confirms to PBEM that volunteers are still managing the fire station's Orange Kit. | * The completed Framework confirms to PBEM that volunteers are still managing the fire station's Orange Kit. | ||
The Framework Form is a Smartsheet survey. When the BC talks over the different questions with volunteers and completes it, the BC can indicate to email an electronic copy. That document can then be forwarded out to the other cohort members for printing. The Framework surveying questions include: | |||
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!text-align: center; style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff;" | Required? | |||
!style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff;" |Question | |||
!style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff;" |Explanation | |||
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| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;" |'''Specific Site Location''' | |||
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;" |'''''Optional.''''' A specific optimal location at the BEECN site the cache should be deployed. For example, through testing, BEECN volunteers may have already identified a spot that gets better radio reception. '''Example:''' if your BEECN site is a park, this might read ''"Near the corners of 8th and Main Street, by the bleachers".'' | |||
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|style="text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff"|'''✓''' | |||
|style="background-color: #ffffff"|'''Primary Relay''' | |||
|style="background-color: #ffffff"|The primary message relay location (always a fire station). See: [[Operations at BEECN Sites#BEECN Channel Guide|BEECN Channel Guide]]. | |||
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|style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0f0f0"|'''✓''' | |||
|style="background-color: #f0f0f0;" |'''Primary UHF Channel''' | |||
|style="background-color: #f0f0f0;" |The channel on the UHF handheld radio that will reach the Primary Relay. See: [[Operations at BEECN Sites#BEECN Channel Guide|BEECN Channel Guide]]. | |||
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|style="text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff"|'''✓''' | |||
|style="background-color: #ffffff"|'''Backup Relay''' | |||
|style="background-color: #ffffff"|The backup relay location to use in case the Primary Relay does not respond. Usually, but not always, a fire station. See: [[Operations at BEECN Sites#BEECN Channel Guide|BEECN Channel Guide]]. | |||
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|style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0f0f0"|'''✓''' | |||
|style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"|'''Backup UHF Channel''' | |||
|style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"|The channel on the UHF handheld radio that will reach the Backup Relay. See: [[Operations at BEECN Sites#BEECN Channel Guide|BEECN Channel Guide]]. | |||
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|style="text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff"|'''✓''' | |||
|style="background-color: #ffffff"|'''Shift One Time Start''' | |||
|style="background-color: #ffffff"|The post-earthquake timeframe the BEECN cohort agrees to begin operations. See: [[Operations at BEECN Sites#Shift One|Shift One]]. | |||
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|style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"|'''Shift One Meet Location''' | |||
|style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"|'''''Optional.''''' The location Shift One volunteers plan to meet at before proceeding with a site assessment and BEECN operations. See: [[Operations at BEECN Sites#Shift One|Shift One]]. | |||
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|style="background-color: #ffffff"|'''Shift One FRS/GMRS Channel''' | |||
|style="background-color: #ffffff"|'''''Optional.''''' The FRS/GMRS channel BEECN volunteers will coordinate on leading up to the start of operations. | |||
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|style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0f0f0" rowspan="2" |'''✓''' | |||
|style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"|'''Last Inventory Year''' | |||
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: #f0f0f0;" |The cache should be inventoried once a year at least, and preferably carried out as a team activity so all volunteers can get acquainted with the equipment. This question helps the BC schedule an inventory with their cohort as needed. | |||
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|style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"|'''Last Inventory Month''' | |||
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|style="text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff"|'''✓''' | |||
|style="background-color: #ffffff"|'''Shift A Roster''' | |||
|style="background-color: #ffffff"|List of BEECN volunteers who plan to deploy for Shift A from 0600 - 1400. | |||
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|style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0f0f0"|'''✓''' | |||
|style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"|'''Shift B Roster''' | |||
|style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"|List of BEECN volunteers who plan to deploy for Shift B from 1400 - 2200. | |||
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=== Fire Station Volunteers: General Objectives === | === Fire Station Volunteers: General Objectives === | ||
