BEECN Caches

Equipment Caches - General

PBEM is ultimately responsible for, and has complete discretion over, the design, purchase, placement, content, and security of BEECN caches.

Equipment Caches - Placement

1. The location of a BEECN cache is NOT public information. It is information that should be known only to, and kept confidential by: PBEM, a hosting property owner, and volunteers responsible for the cache. All persons who know the location of a cache or have possession of a BEECN profile should treat the information as confidential.
2. Optimally, a BEECN cache is secured in an indoor location that volunteers have access to in the event of a deployment. An indoor location’s structure should be reasonably expected to endure a major earthquake sufficiently that volunteers can recover the cache safely.
3. The property on which a BEECN cache is stowed may be a school, a business, a place of worship, or a private residence. In any situation for deployments and exercises, volunteers should act as guests and take care not to damage the premises or (during drills and exercises) interrupt other activities on the site. Volunteers will defer to the authority of a property owner, or the owner’s representative.
4. The agreement between a property owner who hosts a cache and PBEM is written into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

Supplementary Equipment in BEECN Caches

1. If there is space available, members of a BEECN cohort or nearby NET may place their own equipment in the cache to supplement the PBEM provided equipment.
2. PBEM is not responsible for the loss, theft, recovery, or replacement of supplementary equipment placed in a BEECN cache.
3. Supplementary equipment must not include food, prescription medications, or drugs.

BEECN Cache Inventory

A complete BEECN cache consists of the items found in the following list. BEECN volunteers can log an inventory of their cache through the BEECN Journaling System.

Aluminum rolling cart or other storage container ICOM IC f4001 UHF handheld radio Pop-up tent/shelter with 4 sidewalls SKED roll-up stretcher or one or more MegaMovers. AA batteries (qty. 18) BEECN Guidelines (binder) Survival Radio LED Lantern Roll-up dry erase sign

Visual translator Post-earthquake City employee check-in forms Rite in the Rain 5” x 7” ICS notebook Rite in the Rain 8” x 11” notebook Grease pencils/dry erase markers (2 each in binder pencil pouch) Extremity splints, 12” (qty. 6), 18” (qty. 6), 24” (qty. 3), 36” (qty. 3) Small duffel for First Aid Kit 1 Large duffel for First Aid Kit 2 Bicycle air pump

BEECN Cache Boxes

There are two types of BEECN cache boxes that volunteers may encounter in the field.

BEECN Mark I

Mark I Cache Box Specifications
Length (including handles)	81"
Length (box alone)	61"
Width	25"
Height	34"
Weight (fully loaded)	≈ 250 lbs
Volume	≈ 30 ft³

The most common is the "BEECN Mark I" diamond-plated aluminum toolbox (the kind you may see mounted to a pickup truck). It is bolted to a steel cart with wheels. All wheels are affixed with a castor to enable better maneuverability. These boxes were manufactured by Madden Fabrication and are being slowly phased out.

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  Figure 2: Appearance of a Mark I cache from the front.

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  Figure 3: BEECN cache locking mechanism.