Exercise Overview
Exercise Benefits / Facts
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This exercise will serve as an opportunity for public health agencies along with their local community partners to collaborate in meeting the health care needs of victims while re-establishing community health systems following a tornado.
During this exercise public health staff and management along with representatives from local community partners will work together as a unified team to meet the challenges associated with meeting the community’s health care needs in the aftermath of a significant tornado.
Caduceus Shield Exercise Initiative
The Recovery Readiness – A Public Health Functional Exercise is part of the national Caduceus Shield Exercise Initiative.
Exercise Scenario
It is late May and the severe weather associated with a line of thunderstorms moving through the area prompts the local forecast office of the National Weather Service to issue a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the region at 12:27PM on a Friday.
As the line of thunderstorms continues to intensify as it moves through the region the local forecast office of the National Weather Service issues a Tornado Watch for the area.
At 2:17PM, meteorologists at the local forecast office of the National Weather Service identify a thunderstorm on their Doppler weather radar capable of producing a tornado. They immediately issue a Tornado Warning.
Exercise Participation Information
Your agency or organization can participate in this exercise for $600.
For information about participating in this exercise please complete an Information Request Form. Upon completing the form you will be contacted and provided with additional information.
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Exercise Date | Exercise Time | Scenario | Exercise Registration |
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Individual participant registration CLOSES at 12:00PM ET on the day prior to the exercise | Tweet | |||
Call 850-241-3565 to schedule this exercise | 9:00AM – 4:00PM ET Participation Information |
Tornado | Registration will open once the exercise is scheduled | From a conference room or similar location via the ONX System as part of your organization’s Incident Management Team |
* Everyone who will be participating in the exercise must register for the following reasons:
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