Naples to be site of training exercise
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February 27, 2014 |
By Mike Meier
Boundary County Public Information
The Boundary County Office of Emergency
Management, in conjunction with the Idaho Bureau
of Homeland Security, will be hosting a full
scale training exercise on Friday in and around
the Naples School.
In recent days, many area residents have seen
unusual activity in the area as equipment and
supplies have been staged for the event.
The training will involve first responders from
fire, ambulance, law enforcement, support
agencies, Boundary Community Hospital and
others, including a handful of Naples Elementary
students to add realism to the event, which will
play out from 9 a.m. to around 3 p.m.
This exercise is a full scale, and exercise play
is limited to participating emergency response
agencies and approved Naples School students and
staff members.
The mission of the exercise will involve
response to a staged scenario, and incorporate
core capabilities including planning,
operational communications, environmental
response, public health and safety and public
information and warning.
A full scale exercise is a great way for
emergency response organizations to identify
what they do well and to identify improvement
areas to build on. First responders have
participated in numerous table top exercises in
the past, and a full scale exercise takes it to
the next level.
Safety considerations are built in to handle
real life emergencies that may occur during the
full scale exercise.
To find out more, call Dave Kramer, (208)
255-6073.
Editor's note:
Except for the above, submitted February 24 and
not previously published due to illness, News
Bonners Ferry has had no pre-warning of the
exercise and I have no idea of the nature of the
event to be staged or if this site will be
included as part of the public notification
portion of the training. If contacted, I will
use all means at my disposal to add to the
realism of the training, reporting as notified
and employing disclaimers only as instructed or
allowed. Such training opportunities are not
beneficial only to the agencies tasked with
emergency response, but for the media and the community as a
whole in reacting effectively to a crisis
situation. |
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