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BEECN volunteers operate in organized cohorts, perform regular equipment checks, participate in drills, and deploy communication nodes 24–48 hours after a major earthquake. | === Summary === | ||
BEECN volunteers operate in organized cohorts, perform regular equipment checks, participate in drills, and deploy communication nodes (BEECNs) 24–48 hours after a major earthquake. | |||
=== Volunteer Position Description === | |||
BEECN Volunteers are the only PBEM volunteers who can be a NET volunteer '''''or''''' an [[Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs)|ATV]] but are [[Indemnification|indemnified]] by the City of Portland either way. | |||
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Revision as of 20:40, 11 January 2025
Summary
BEECN volunteers operate in organized cohorts, perform regular equipment checks, participate in drills, and deploy communication nodes (BEECNs) 24–48 hours after a major earthquake.
Volunteer Position Description
BEECN Volunteers are the only PBEM volunteers who can be a NET volunteer or an ATV but are indemnified by the City of Portland either way.
| Cycle Position ※ | Preparedness | Response | Recovery |
| Position ID ※ | VSF 14.01: BEECN Volunteer |
| Lead Agency ※ | Portland Bureau of Emergency Management |
| NET Certification Required? ※ | No |
| Structure ※ | The BEECN Volunteer is part of a BEECN Cohort, and the BEECN Volunteer reports to the BEECN Coordinator for their assigned BEECN. |
| Required Training ※ | Basic BEECN Training. |
| Relevant Knowledge, Skills, Abilities ※ | xx |
| Optional Training, Info Resources ※ | Optional trainings: Crowd management, mental health de-escalation, mental health first aid, first aid, Basic NET or CERT.
Learning resources: BEECN Guidelines, BEECN on Tumblr, BEECN videos. |
| Licenses and Certifications ※ | None required. |
| Currency ※ | BEECN volunteers must be in touch with their BEECN Coordinator and appear on the roster of their BEECN Response Framework. They should also participate in BEECN inventories and exercises as their time allows. Because all BEECN volunteers are indemnified, they are required to log their hours but not required to meet the Minimum Service Contribution (MRC) unless they are also a NET volunteer. |
| Task Book ※ | x |
| PPE and Recommended Equipment ※ | PPE: Weather appropriate clothes. BEECN volunteers should wear the hard hats and vests found in their BEECN cache when conducting BEECN operations.
Equipment: All the equipment a BEECN volunteer needs should be in their BEECN Cache. |
| Forms ※ | BEECN Response Framework |
| Updated ※ | 2025.01.10 |
| Released ※ | 2017.10.03 |