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== Indemnification == | |||
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 a NET Member for any tort claim arising out of a NET Member’s act or omission within the course and scope of the NET Member’s duties while the NET Member 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 NET Member is engaged in training being conducted or approved by PBEM for the purpose of preparing the NET Member to perform emergency services, or while a NET Member is participating in non-emergency deployment activities with PBEM’s prior approval. | |||
To interpret in plainer language: NET volunteers are protected from liability by the City of Portland when deployed under the conditions of these Guidelines and are engaging in activities for which they have received PBEM approved training. | |||
== Media Requests == | |||
All requests from the media to speak on the record about an emergency must be relayed to the PBEM NET Coordinator for approval. Unless authorized by PBEM, NET Members may not interview with media representatives or answer media questions about the emergency. | |||
== Volunteer Deployment Outside Portland City Limits == | |||
Effective July 18 2023, NET volunteer indemnification is preserved both inside and outside of Portland city limits (under older policy, indemnification was preserved only inside Portland city limits).<ref>https://hcpaw.portlandoregon.gov/u/y6G8LiIhvAXZobwt/72e79110-8465-4655-a45c-0208208e03b3?l</ref> ''However'', other conditions of indemnification still apply: volunteers still have to be deployed by PBEM (or under self deployment policy) and they must be taking action PBEM them trained them to do. | |||
