BEECN Sites

BEECN Guidelines ↱

Introduction

BEECN Program Organization

BEECN Sites

BEECN Volunteers

BEECN Caches

Operations at BEECN Sites

The BEECN Site is the geographic location intended to serve as a gathering point for persons looking for help in the aftermath of an earthquake. BEECN Sites are not the same as the location where the BEECN cache is stored.

Location of BEECN Sites

This BEECN is deployed in an ideal site: not a lot of trees, flat, broad uh...tract of land. Yes very nice.

1. At minimum, there will be a total of 48 BEECN sites located throughout the City of Portland.
2. BEECNs will be evenly distributed throughout the city and are generally sited with the goal of placing approximately two BEECNs within each of the Portland Plan’s neighborhood hub boundaries (see Appendix B).
3. PBEM has complete discretion over the location of each BEECN site. However, PBEM will consider the input of property owners, community partners, city employees, and volunteers when deciding BEECN site locations.
4. Though moving a BEECN site should be avoided, PBEM will consider moving a site if a more appropriate one is found in the immediate neighborhood of the BEECN.
5. The ideal BEECN site is:
   • An open area large enough to hold a crowd of at least 100 people;
   • A safe distance from unreinforced masonry structures (such as older brick structures);
   • Is not on a steep gradient or near landslide hazards, and not easily subject to flooding;
   • Is not in the vicinity of tall trees, overhead power lines, or other utility hazards;
   • Is familiar to the community and following a disaster might be intuited by neighbors as a community gathering point, and is geographically central to the immediate community.