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To be doing that is how do we actually get the debris off the road so we can put things back to work. So that was the command of control exercise. We had the marine corps, the navy, and the National Guard all working with our department of public works figuring out how would they work together. We didnt give them a lot of coaching, we just kind of put them in a tent and said here is your scenario, heres some problems, and we wanted them to work it out and they did. So it was a very successful year. Thats what we did as far as the field exercises. Next year i dont know whats next, were going to...

Need. Were going to need help with patient movement. Were going to need help with the chronickly ill because by the time the military arrives, a day or so into it at least, even with the best of plans, were going to have to start figuring out how do we manage those chronic patients and you know what, moving stuff is what theyre really good at. Moving patients in particular, they are amazing. So we start to look at things like that. As we look through this and we start to talk, remember its beyond the scenario, its the relationship. This year we decided to test, based on last years lessons, las...

Of public works figuring out how would they work together. We didnt give them a lot of coaching, we just kind of put them in a tent and said here is your scenario, heres some problems, and we wanted them to work it out and they did. So it was a very successful year. Thats what we did as far as the field exercises. Next year i dont know whats next, were going to explore the Lessons Learned from this one, weve already learned a bunch, theyre going to talk about this shortly then learn what are the next scenarios we can challenge people with. It probably wont be the same ones. We are building the...

Earth moves, things fall, we get a lot of rubble. Thats going to be one of our critical, critical things we have to do. We have to be able to move material and personnel and one of the ways were going to be doing that is how do we actually get the debris off the road so we can put things back to work. So that was the command of control exercise. We had the marine corps, the navy, and the National Guard all working with our department of public works figuring out how would they work together. We didnt give them a lot of coaching, we just kind of put them in a tent and said here is your scenario...

All working with our department of public works figuring out how would they work together. We didnt give them a lot of coaching, we just kind of put them in a tent and said here is your scenario, heres some problems, and we wanted them to work it out and they did. So it was a very successful year. Thats what we did as far as the field exercises. Next year i dont know whats next, were going to explore the Lessons Learned from this one, weve already learned a bunch, theyre going to talk about this shortly then learn what are the next scenarios we can challenge people with. It probably wont be th...