Portland NET Tumblr
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| Tag Name | Notes | Related tags | VSF |
|---|---|---|---|
| AdvancedNET | General tag; advanced NET training classes. | Exercise, ScenarioVillage | |
| Apps | NET- and emergency management-relevant phone apps. | ||
| ATVs | Relevant to managing Affiliated Team Volunteers. | SUVs, VSF15 | 15 |
| BEECN | Content related to the Basic Earthquake Emergency Communications Nodes. | Radio, HAM, VSF14, VSF02 | 02 |
| Benefits | Occasionally, NETs are offered discounts from vendors in appreciation for their service. These opportunities are listed under this tag. | ||
| BNT | Topics recommended for NETs in Basic NET Training. | KeyReview, FFE, Cribbing, Extinguishers | |
| Books | NET- and emergency management-relevant books. | Podcast | |
| Bridges | Articles and information concerning bridges in the Portland Metro Area. | Infrastructure | |
| BusinessPrep | Resources for business preparedness. | COAD | 18 |
| † Calldown | Stats from Everbridge calldown drills. | Exercise | |
| CEI | Information concerning Portland's Critical Energy Infrastructure hub. | Infrastructure | 10 |
| CivilUnrest | Regarding Portland relevant events only. Not a very common tag; NET probably won't be involved in civil unrest response again. | ||
| ClimateChange | Concerning the nexus between disasters and climate change. | Heat, Winterstorm, InclementWeather, ExtremeWeather, Flood, Drought, Resilience | |
| Clouds | Just images of interesting clouds. Ahhhhhhhhhh clouds. Relaxing, no? | Lightening, GIF | 05 |
| COAD | Information relevant to a Community Organizations Active in Disaster group. This tag includes VOAD matters as well. | BusinessPrep | 18 |
| CompScenario | "Comprehensive Scenario"; a type of exercise. | Exercise, ScenarioVillage | |
| COVID19vid | During the COVID pandemic, PBEM held virtual training meetings once a week. These are videos of those meetings. | Youtube | |
| CRDjournal | Concerning the convening of Community Resilience Districts. | ||
| Cribbing | Describing the basic NET technique of using levers and blocks to lift a heavy object. | BNT, FFE, Unit 5b, VSF09 | 09 |
| Dashboard | Monthly NET stats reports with demographic information and more. | ||
| Deployment | Blog entries concerning NET emergency deployments. | NETAAR | |
| Drones | About aerial drone use in emergency management | VSF09 | 09 |
| Drought | Blog entries related to drought, mostly in Oregon. | ClimateChange, WildlandFire, WUI | |
| Earthquake | Very general tag related to all things earthquake in the world. | EarthquakeCrustal, EarthquakeCSZ, EarthquakeOther, EarthquakeTech | |
| EarthquakeCrustal | Focusing on crustal earthquake phenomena. | Earthquake | |
| EarthquakeCSZ | Focusing specifically on prospective and historical Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes. | Earthquake | |
| EarthquakeOther | Notable earthquake stories outside of Oregon. | Earthquake | |
| EarthquakeTech | Interesting technological advances to designed to mitigate the damage caused by earthquakes. | Earthquake | |
| ECC | ECC stands for "Emergency Coordination Center" and these are blog entries about them. | PBEM, VSF02 | |
| † Electrical | Blog entries concerning electrical utilities; and, generating power post-disaster. Will be phased out in favor of a VSF12 tag. | UtilityControl, Utilities | 12 |
| Equipment | Posts about NET equipment. | PPE, TeamCache, Vendor, ResponseKit, SKED | |
| Equity | Blog entries about the disproportionate impact disasters have on communities underserved by government. | PersonsWithDisabilities | |
| Exercise | Exercises are scenarios in emergency management intended to test a capability/capabilities, and/or test responses in a specific situation. These posts are about exercises NETs are in. | CompScenario, ScenarioVillage, Moulage, TeamExercise | |
| Extinguisher | NETs and the use of fire extinguishers, and blog posts about extinguishers. | FFE, Cribbing, VSF04 | 04 |
| FEMA | Policies and announcements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. | GovFed | |
| FFE | Posts about the NET Final Field Exercise. | BNT, Extinguisher, Cribbing, Exercise | |
| Finances | Blog entries about disaster finance issues such as financial prep and insurance. | Preparedenss | |
| † Fire | Fire that does not include wildland fires (e.g. urban fires). Will be phased out in favor of the VSF04 tag. | WildlandFire, WUI, VSF04 | 04 |
| † FirstAid | Posts about first aid: tips, gear, etc. Will be phased out in favor of the VSF09 tag. | Unit 3, VSF08, Triage | 08 |
| Flood | General tag about flooding anywhere, including urban pooling. | ||
| † FoodWater | Any blog post related to food/water prep or preservation. Will be phased out in favor of a VSF11 tag. | VSF11, Infrastructure | 11 |
| FPN | Posts about the NET 501(c)3, Friends of Portland NET. | Fundraising | |
| Fundraising | Posts with tips on fundraising for your team. | TeamCache, FPN | |
| Funny | Hard to have a sense of humor in emergency management. It's a little dark, but these are memes that made us LOL. | ||
| GasGasGas | Blog posts related to natural gas leaks and gas infrastructure. Because Jumpin Jack Flash... | Infrastructure, Utilities, UtilityControl | 04 |
| GIF | Various animated GIFs of NET related topics. | Funny, Graphic | |
| GovFed | Announcements and resources related to the federal government (not always FEMA, but FEMA is often included). | FEMA | |
| GovLocal | Announcements and resources related to City of Portland, Multnomah County, or Metro Regional government. | PBEM, RDPO | |
| GovState | All entries concerning the State government, particularly Oregon's Office of Emergency Management. | WildlandFire, OtherCERTs | |
| Graphic | Graphics of a variety of topics related to NETs and emergency management. | GIF, Funny, Maps | |
| HAM | Posts related to the use of HAM radio. | Radio, BEECN | 02 |
| † HAZMAT | Blog entries about hazardous materials and responding to HAZMAT scenarios/incidents. Will be phased out in favor of a VSF10 tag. | VSF10 | 10 |
| Heat | Incidents reporting on extreme heat weather. | ClimateChange, Homeless, WinterStorm | |
| History | Historical articles on disasters that mostly took place in Oregon (with some exceptions). | ||
| Homeless | Blog entries concerning sheltering homeless persons during inclement weather events. Generally Portland-specific. | VSF06, Heat, WinterStorm | 06 |
| Hurricane | Yeah hurricanes bruh. Check it out bruh. Typhoons too. | InclementWeather | |
| InclementWeather | General tag for inclement weather posts (this is where you'll find windstorms, for example). | Heat, WinterStorm | |
| Infrastructure | General infrastructure tag; could include water, power, gas, roads, you name it. | Bridges, GasGasGas, Electrical, Utilities, UtilityControl | 03 |
| † KeyNews | Articles of especial importance to NET. Phased out to be combined later with the KeyReview tag. | KeyReview | |
| KeyReview | Articles and information of especial importance to NET volunteers. | KeyNews | |
| Knots | PBEM has scaled back the importance of knots in NET, but we still use them. Check this tag out for info on low angle rescue systems and other knotty issues. | VSF06, SKED, VSF09 | 06 |
| Landslide | Landslide hazards in the Portland area. | ||
| Leadership | Vague tag on blog entries either about the practice of leadership, or recognizing leaders in the NET community. | Recognition | 05 |
| Lightening | Photos, GIFs and videos of frickin LIGHTENING bruh. Yeah it's totally metal 🤘⚡ 🤘⚡ 🤘⚡ hope you can handle it | GIF, InclementWeather | |
| Looting | "Looting" is a word freighted with a lot of racist meaning and is more often a myth than a reality. These are blog posts exploring that. | Misinformation | |
| Maps | Links and information about mapping resources, which are particularly helpful for operations planning. | Graphic | |
| Misinformation | Naturally, these are not blog entries with misinformation. These are entries concerning misinformation connected to disaster preparedness (the "Triangle of Life", for example). | Looting | |
| Mitigation | Blog articles about mitigating the impact of a disaster. | ||
| Moulage | Photos and technique for moulage (injury makeup). Some of these are gory, so hold on to your stomach. | ScenarioVillage | |
| † NETAAR | NET after-action reports from deployments. This tag will be phased out once all the AARs are migrated to NETwiki. | Deployment | |
| News | Some volunteers use the Tumblr as a news blotter. These are blog articles of "current events", and is the most common tag on a blog entry. | ||
| † NonRadioComms | Tagged to entries about any communication method that doesn't rely on radio. This tag is a misnomer because it is tagged on some articles that use radio. Being phased out in favor of a VSF02 tag. | VSF02 | 02 |
| OtherCERTs | Information about other CERT programs in the United States (and particularly in the Portland Metro Area). | RDPO, GovState | |
| Outreach | Most often, photos about outreach events conducted by NETs or PBEM. | SpeakersBureau | |
| Pandemic | Information about pandemics (this is also where you'll find COVID-related articles). | ||
| PBEM | Staff announcements and major policy initiatives of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management. | GovLocal, ECC, RDPO | |
| Permaculture | Though this is not the textbook definition, "permaculture" here refers to techniques of surviving off-grid (even in an urban environment), particularly after a major disaster. For example, harvesting rainwater, raising food, etc. This is not a field we've cracked very much at PBEM/NET. | Resilience | |
| PersonsWithDisabilities | Topics concerning both how to respond to persons with access and functional needs, and preparedness/response for persons with access and functional needs. | VSF06, Equity | 06 |
| † Pets | Blog entries about pet response. Will be phased out in favor of a VSF17 tag. | VSF17 | 17 |
| Podcast | Links to podcasts relevant to NETs and emergency management. | Books | |
| PPE | Information about Personal Protective Equipment. | ResponseKit, BNT, Equipment | 07 |
| Preparedness | General tag concerning disaster preparedness. | SpeakersBureau, Outreach | |
| Radio | All things radio: HAM, tactical communications, etc. | HAM, TacticalRadio, BEECN | 02 |
| Radiological | Entries concerning radiological threats (you know...radiation) | Unit 8, HAZMAT | 10 |
| RDPO | Tags concerning the Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization, of which PBEM is a part. The RDPO provides a lot of grant money to NET as well. | OtherCERTs, PBEM, GovLocal, Fundraising | |
| Recognition | General tag to recognize champions of community resilience in Portland. We might phase this tag out in favor of the NETwiki page to recognize folks. | Leadership | |
| Recovery | Blog entries specific to the topic of disaster recovery. | Unit 7 | |
| Resilience | Ugh, this tag. It has become a catch-all for too many topics, all at least peripherally related to community resilience. | ||
| ResponseKit | Concerning best practices and items for a personal NET response kit. | Equipment, PPE, BNT | |
| SafetyOfficer | Blogs tagged that would be of interest to a team Safety Officer. Not very well developed yet. | PPE | 05 |
| Sanitation | Blog entries about post-disaster sanitation systems. | VSF03 | 03 |
| ScenarioVillage | Photos and information about Scenario Village exercises. | Moulage, Exercise, CompScenario | |
| † Sizeup | About sizing up before a search and rescue response. Will be phased out for a VSF09 tag. | VSF09 | 09 |
| SKED | SKEDs are portable stretchers. PBEM is phasing them out, but this tag will remain for as long as we still have them. | BEECN, Knots, VSF09 | 09 |
| SocialMedia | About the use and influence of social media in disaster response. | 02 | |
| SpaceWeather | Very general (and slightly inaccurate) tag for solar flares, meteors, comets, and things like that. | ||
| SpeakersBureau | Information relevant to PBEM's Speakers' Bureau. | Preparedness, Outreach | |
| SUVs | Blog posts about managing spontaneous unaffiliated volunteers. Will be phased out for the VSF15 tag. | ATVs, VSF15 | 15 |
| TacticalRadio | Radio communication inside the team, particularly FRS and GMRS radio. | Radio | 02 |
| TeamCache | Recommendations of items for a team cache, and information on assembling a team cache. | Equipment, VSF07 | 07 |
| TeamExercise | Blogs about exercises that NETs design themselves and are not put on by PBEM. | Exercise, CompScenario | |
| Tom11 | Any video made for NET by Tom11 Films; mostly training videos. | Youtube, TrainingVideo | |
| Tornado | Articles about them twisty thangs. Did you know we get them in the Pacific Northwest sometimes? | ||
| Trainers | Posts featuring NET trainers. | Leadership, Recognition | |
| TrainingVideo | Training videos. You know, you sit your butt down, watch 'em, sometimes take a quiz after they're done. Training videos. | Tom11, Youtube, COVID19vid | |
| Triage | All matters concerning ye art of triage: tools and techniques. | BNT, Unit 3, VSF08, VSF09, FirstAid | 09 |
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| Unicorns | Photos of the majestic unicorn. | ||
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| Unit 1 | |||
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| Unit 3 | |||
| Unit 4 | |||
| Unit 5a | |||
| Unit 5b | |||
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| URM | |||
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| UtilityControl | |||
| Vendor | Equipment, TeamCache | ||
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| WildlandFire | |||
| WinterStorm | |||
| WUI | |||
| Youth | |||
| Youtube |