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HURRICANE DRILL TODAY - Fairfax County holds hurricane emergency drill
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Date: June 26, 2014 07:14AM
Fairfax County holds hurricane emergency drill
http://www.wtop.com/149/3651488/Fairfax-County-holds-hurricane-emergency-drill
WASHINGTON -- Don't be surprised by a rash of first responder activity in a few key Fairfax County locations Thursday.
The county's Emergency Operations Center is coordinating an exercise drill that plays out the scenario that a category three hurricane has hit Virginia.
Emergency personnel will descend on Thomas Edison High School in Franconia and the Martha Washington Library in Belle View to set up shelters and mock help centers.
A real weather crisis brought first responders to the Belle View neighborhood a week ago. Extreme weather last Thursday night knocked trees over onto homes and cars and into streets. Power lines were pulled to the ground across the region.
Participants in the emergency exercise include the American Red Cross, Fairfax County public works, public safety, human services, public information and related county agencies.
http://www.wtop.com/149/3651488/Fairfax-County-holds-hurricane-emergency-drill
WASHINGTON -- Don't be surprised by a rash of first responder activity in a few key Fairfax County locations Thursday.
The county's Emergency Operations Center is coordinating an exercise drill that plays out the scenario that a category three hurricane has hit Virginia.
Emergency personnel will descend on Thomas Edison High School in Franconia and the Martha Washington Library in Belle View to set up shelters and mock help centers.
A real weather crisis brought first responders to the Belle View neighborhood a week ago. Extreme weather last Thursday night knocked trees over onto homes and cars and into streets. Power lines were pulled to the ground across the region.
Participants in the emergency exercise include the American Red Cross, Fairfax County public works, public safety, human services, public information and related county agencies.
Re: HURRICANE DRILL TODAY - Fairfax County holds hurricane emergency drill
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lolz
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Date: June 26, 2014 07:22AM
Cat 3 hurricane strikes Franconia? LOL Leave it to FFX to pick the most innocuous, politically correct, and unlikely event, yet one that is fun to go out and play simulation with. Far be it from them to test their response and preparedness to something like "towelheads park truck with a dirty bomb in school parking lot".
(I think they have done the latter in DC a while back and first responders realized they have no chance of setting up a safe perimeter, controlling the crowd, or coordinating between all the different responding agencies. So instead let's go play in the big wind.
(I think they have done the latter in DC a while back and first responders realized they have no chance of setting up a safe perimeter, controlling the crowd, or coordinating between all the different responding agencies. So instead let's go play in the big wind.
Re: HURRICANE DRILL TODAY - Fairfax County holds hurricane emergency drill
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XpY7n
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Date: June 26, 2014 09:01AM
I think the drills are good, especially with all the flash floods and rain we've had lately.