Mr Floyd The Big Bend Disaster Animal Response Team has participated in four Formidable Footprint on-line disaster exercises through the ONX system. Each exercise challenged the team members to think through our activation protocols, identify skills and equipment needed for the task at hand, and most importantly, learn what other organizations and agencies our team…
Chris FloydDisaster Resistant Communities Group6224 Wake Robin Ln Tallahassee Florida 32309 Dear Chris Thank you for developing and supporting the Formidable Footprint series of on-line tabletop exercises. This team-building and awareness-raising tool would be valuable to any group concerned with the ability of their community to withstand natural disasters. I would like to see these…
To Whom It May Concern I have had the pleasure of working with Chris Floyd with the Disaster Resistant Communities Group LLC (DRCG) twice. The first experience was as an observer for an exercise he facilitated for the Poudre Valley Hospital in Ft Collins Colorado. As a result of that experience, I contracted with Chris…
Mr Floyd My students felt that your ONX system tabletop exercise was a valuable experience for them. They enjoyed the interactive exercise, requiring them to think through their responses to a scenario-driven set of circumstances. Because your exercise not only asked, “Yes” or “No,” but “Why?,” we generated some lively discussion. Your video inserts provided…
Mr Chris Floyd I am writing this letter in support of your effort to provide COOP training and exercises. I had the pleasure of participating in several preparedness exercises that you facilitated and conducted in the local area. The thorough preparation for the exercises was evident. Materials were clear. Participants had clear understandings of the…
Mr Floyd The Poudre Valley Health System Emergency Preparedness Department (PVHSEPD) is pleased to provide this letter of support for Disaster Resilient Communities Group (DRCG). DRCG conducted Operation Four with All, a Hospital Sustainment Table Top Exercise for Poudre Valley Health System using the ONX system. Participants of this exercise felt that they were highly…
Mr Chris Floyd Feedback and reviews of our recent Operation Sudden School Storm (SSS) training exercise reveal it was an overwhelming success. On behalf of Leon County Schools, thank you for the professionalism and development of the exercise from beginning to end. We had 100% participation from our schools and have taken away valuable information…
Mr Chris Floyd Thank you for your partnership with Volunteer Florida, the Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Services, and Florida Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (FLVOAD) on the Hurricane Reddish Tabletop Exercise for the 2010 National VOAD Conference. As often happens with disaster training and exercises, tow real-world events, the Haiti Earthquake and the…
To Whom It May Concern Part of my responsibilities as director of the Leon County Volunteer Center-VolunteerLEON is the establishment and coordination of a Volunteer Reception Center to recruit and place spontaneous volunteers with community disaster response organizations. This year, we wanted to test our ability to use the internet to connect volunteers with needs…
Mr Chris Floyd Attached you will find the After Action Report on the Falcon Signal 45 small plane crash exercise conducted at Florida Lottery Headquarters on April 27. The AAR shows that this type of online, interactive exercise will rapidly become an invaluable tool for many state agencies, especially considering the distance learning type of…