Yesterday, Washoe County held its first regional Public and Private Partnership (PPP) training exercise at the Emergency Operations Center with 57 participants from local businesses and government. The exercise simulated a pandemic influenza and work place violence scenario at a local casino in Reno. It was the first time that both the public and private safety officers took part [...]
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Washoe County Holds First Public and Private Partnership Exercise
Posted in Man Made Disasters, Natural Disasters, Technological Disasters, tagged casino emergency, casino influenza exercise, Public Private Partnership, Reno Exercise, Washoe County PPP exercise, workplace violence on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nevada Has a Good Preparedness Initiative
Posted in Man Made Disasters, Natural Disasters, Technological Disasters, tagged mass fatatlities, Reno incident, Washoe County Get Ready on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mr. Mark Malcom, president of Disaster Management International has said the people of Nevada have a good preparedness initiative underway for incidents involving mass fatalities. After leading a two-day workshop at the Regional Emergency Operations Center in Reno, Mr. Malcom observed that unlike in other states, the people in Nevada have a good understanding and appreciation of the [...]
Workshop Prepares Washoe County for Mass Fatalities
Posted in Man Made Disasters, Natural Disasters, Technological Disasters, tagged emergency readiness in Washoe County, Mass fatalities in Reno, Mass fatalities in Washoe County, mass fatalities incident, Washoe County Emergency Management on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the second day of a two-day mass fatalities workshop at the Washoe County Regional Emergency Operations Center in Reno. The workshop which started yesterday is helping participants learn procedures and best practices about dealing with mass fatalities disasters. So far the participants have learned about incident command and control, dealing with the media, [...]
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