|
|
|
|
News Release for Immediate ReleaseJuly 28, 2004
DC To Conduct Mass Casualty Exercise on Sept. 23
Volunteers needed to serve as mock victims, observers and exercise evaluators
(Washington, DC) In an effort to prepare for a major disaster, the DC Department of Health and the DC Emergency Management Agency are conducting a two-day field exercise on emergency preparedness, incident command and integrated response. The exercise has the following objectives:
- Rapidly assess the needs of affected people at an emergency scene
- Coordinate the local Incident Command Structure (ICS)
- Determine whether local resources can adequately respond to an incident involving mass casualties
- Analyze the need for assistance from higher levels of government
- Test procedures for obtaining medicine from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
- Bring together health and medical services partners that would respond during an emergency
- Test the effectiveness of DC's public health emergency system
- Determine whether DOH, DC hospitals and emergency response personnel interact effectively
| Who |
DC Department of Health (DOH) and DC Emergency Management Agency.
|
| What |
Mass Casualty/Strategic National Stockpile Exercise and Evaluation Program
|
| When |
Thursday, September 23 - Friday, September 24, 2004.
7:00 am to 7:00 pm
|
| Where |
TBD |
For more information, please call the Department of Health at (202) 671-0733; 8:15 am - 4:45 pm.
News Release*
|
|
|
|
