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* 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:
The Framework form is a Smartsheet survey. When the cohort talks over the different questions and completes it, the volunteer completing it 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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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff" |'''✓'''
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;" |'''Specific Site Location'''
| style="background-color: #ffffff" |'''Shift One Time Start'''
| 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".''
| style="background-color: #ffffff" |The post-earthquake timeframe the BEECN cohort agrees to begin operations. See: Shift One.
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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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