Simulated Mass Casualty Exercise
Incident #: N/A Date of Incident: 4/27/2011 Issuing Officer: AC Schaeffer
Tomorrow (Thursday April 28, 2011) the Spokane Fire Department and numerous local and regional agencies will participate in a simulated mass casualty exercise to evaluate health care system emergency response plans. This important training will test current procedures and help identify operational strengths and weaknesses in multiple counties, and between Washington State and Idaho. The exercise will be coordinated from the Spokane Fire Department's Training Center which also serves as the County Emergency Coordination Center from 9 a.m. until noon. Media and official guests are welcome to attend all or part of the exercise to observe the functionality of systems and management of the emergency. Participants include local, regional and state first responders from law enforcement, fire/emergency medical services, hospitals and emergency management. Thursday's functional exercise will utilize a simulation cell and artificially produce a mass casualty incident, specifically, an accident involving multiple vehicles along two state highways, one in Whitman County and one in Spokane County. Role-playing response activities will be tracked as "patients" are moved through the health care system in the best manner possible. Responders will be guided by the Disaster Medical Hospital Control plan. The exercise is sponsored by Washington State Region 9 Health Care Coalition, which the Spokane Fire Department is a integral part of. The Coalition works to strengthen the emergency preparedness and response planning for all aspects of health care. The Region 9 Health Care Coalition includes the 10 counties and three tribal nations in eastern Washington. It is a group of 250+ committed responders who work in health care across the region. The coalition works with local and regional partners across Washington state and Idaho, and with the Washington state Department of Health.
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