Deployment Exercise

Citywide Deployment Exercises

Twice each year, Portland NET teams participate in a Citywide Deployment Exercise (CDE). This helps us improve our skills, make important revisions to our Operations & Communications Plans, and inform our training plans.

The next exercise will be held on Saturday, May 31, 2025 from 1 to 4 pm.
See below for after action reports from previous exercises.

These exercises were created and orchestrated by NET volunteers. If you have questions or suggestions, or if you’d like to be part of the next planning committee, email NETDeploymentExercise@gmail.com.

After Action Reports from previous Citywide Deployment Exercises.

• May 15, 2021
• November 7, 2021
• May 7, 2022
• October 22, 2022
• May 13, 2023
• October 8, 2023
• April 27, 2024
• October 30, 2024

Photos from Citywide Deployment Exercises

• May 13, 2023
• October 8, 2023

Recordings of NET Training Sessions Relevant to Deployment Exercise

EXERCISE MATERIALS from prior exercises

These materials are intended for Exercise Coordinators and Amateur Radio Operators who are planning the exercise for their team.

• Forms (PBEM Wiki page describing and providing links to all approved forms.)
• ITL Instructions (Instructions for Incident Team Leaders)

• Proctor Instructions (Instructions for Proctors)
• Global Exercise Materials (Google folder containing training refreshers, email templates, forms, and more)
• Exercise Coordinator Guidebook (Tips and timeline to help Exercise Coordinators prepare for the exercise)
• NET Deployment Best Practices (Tips from many NET teams covering all aspects of deployment, including command post setup, resource tracking, volunteer management, radio communications and more!)
• Radio Operator Materials (ARO exercise instructions, training presentation slides, etc.)

SKILL REFRESHERS

Read these skill refreshers before the exercise.

• ICS Structure Refresher
• ICS Forms Refresher
• Volunteer Management Refresher

CHEAT SHEETS

Sometimes our brains get a little mushy when we’re presented with a high-stress situation (like a major earthquake). Keep these handy cheat sheets in your pack to help you remember your training!

• Amateur Radio Voice Procedure Cheat
• FRS Radio Voice Procedure Cheat
• ICS Forms Cheat
• ICS Staffing Recommendations Cheat
• Mission Sequence Cheat
• Phonetic Alphabet Cheat
• Triage Cheat
• Patient Assessment Cheat
• CERT Scott’s Cheats

OTHER RESOURCES

Here are some other tools your team may find useful in planning and preparing for the exercise:

• PBEM GIS Mapping Tool – This interactive map shows neighborhood boundaries, schools, hospitals, URM buildings, and hazards and may be useful for planning training scenarios. You’ll need to zoom in to see details. 

If you have additional deployment resources to share, email them to netdeploymentexercise@gmail.com