Community Preparedness Team Strategic Plan: Difference between revisions

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|[https://volunteerpdx.net/index.php/VSF_14.01.03:_BEECN_District_Coordinator District BEECN Coordinators] are a new volunteer position position currently piloted in Districts 2 and 4. With PBEM no longer employing 1 FTE to manage the BEECN program, BEECN maintenance and monitoring has fallen to the remaining PBEM CPT team. Absorbing that additional workload in-house has dragged down BEECN Readiness Scores, as testing, maintenance, and restocking caches has been deferred.  

The purpose of a District Coordinator is, for each resource in their District, solve simple maintenance fixes, request inventory refills, coordinate BEECN radio tests, and provide leadership. The program only began in the Fall of 2025 with District 2 and 4, and it is too soon to say if a District Coordinator can help pull up scores. But if the program is successful in the pilot Districts, PBEM will expand it to Districts 1 and 3.

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Success recruiting more AROs will require dedicated attention from PBEM staff and the help of Multnomah County’s amateur radio community.

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|Owing to staff shortages, PBEM CPT suspended monthly BEECN training sessions in April 2025. These training sessions, open to the public, were critical for increasing the number of available BEECN volunteers (a typical training would have 40 attendees). Available BEECN volunteers is a factor in overall program readiness.  

PBEM can mitigate the staff capacity issue by recording the training on video and making the video available to prospective BEECN volunteers. The video content would be complemented by optional virtual Q&A sessions with prospective volunteers after they complete the video training.

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|Optimally, the entire BEECN system is radio tested annually. The tests help identify radio communications issues and ensure the equipment is in good working order for deployment.

PBEM no longer has the staff capacity to conduct regular radio tests for the BEECN program. Volunteers could fulfill that role if trained, with some PBEM support. The training could be done through an SOP published to WikiNET.

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'''''“Make the radio portable…NET is the team, BEECN is the team member”'''''

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'''''Maybe this is a CPT goal for the whole strategic plan?'''''

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