County wide emergency training - Valley Springs 4-12-14

Valley Springs, CA, April 4, 2014: More than 100 volunteers and local emergency responders will take part in the third Annual Calaveras Emergency Exercise on Saturday, 12 April in the Valley Springs/Jenny Lind area. This exercise will test the preparedness and response of local, regional and state agencies should a real crisis occur that has the potential to overwhelm local emergency responders.

The event, staged by the cooperative efforts of CALFIRE-TCU, Calaveras Consolidated Fire and Calaveras Office of Emergency Services, will focus on response plans for an actual disaster. One that would trigger a sudden influx of injured persons, media, concerned community members and test the compatibility of different public agencies (Sheriff, Fire, CHP) to not only work and communicate with each other but work and communicate with private and nongovernment organizations like the America Legion Ambulance, PG&E, Red Cross and the Calaveras Emergency Response Teams,
The scenario chosen for this emergency exercise is a simulated break in the main PG&E natural gas line in the Valley Springs/Burson area that will involve a vegetation fire fed by sustained 30mph winds and gusts upwards of 45-50mph. The fire will take a similar track as the 2004 Pattison Complex fire in this same general area. Calaveras Consolidated Fire in cooperation with CALFIRE, Law Enforcement, PG&E, and others will be tasked with the gas leak and resulting Wildland fire threatening nearby homes and ranches.

County Wide emergency exercise - Valley Springs 4-12-14

Valley Springs, CA, April 4, 2014: More than 100 volunteers and local emergency responders will take part in the third Annual Calaveras Emergency Exercise on Saturday, 12 April in the Valley Springs/Jenny Lind area. This exercise will test the preparedness and response of local, regional and state agencies should a real crisis occur that has the potential to overwhelm local emergency responders.

The event, staged by the cooperative efforts of CALFIRE-TCU, Calaveras Consolidated Fire and Calaveras Office of Emergency Services, will focus on response plans for an actual disaster. One that would trigger a sudden influx of injured persons, media, concerned community members and test the compatibility of different public agencies (Sheriff, Fire, CHP) to not only work and communicate with each other but work and communicate with private and nongovernment organizations like the America Legion Ambulance, PG&E, Red Cross and the Calaveras Emergency Response Teams,
The scenario chosen for this emergency exercise is a simulated break in the main PG&E natural gas line in the Valley Springs/Burson area that will involve a vegetation fire fed by sustained 30mph winds and gusts upwards of 45-50mph. The fire will take a similar track as the 2004 Pattison Complex fire in this same general area. Calaveras Consolidated Fire in cooperation with CALFIRE, Law Enforcement, PG&E, and others will be tasked with the gas leak and resulting Wildland fire threatening nearby homes and ranches.

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