Emergency drill set for Monday; mock chemical attack to test responders
By Tom Callis
Peninsula Daily News
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The drill, called "Operation Alligator," will last from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will involve 28 agencies and organizations -- including the Sequim and Port Angeles police departments, Clallam County Sheriff's Office, Clallam County fire districts 2 and 3, Olympic Peninsula Red Cross, Olympic Medical Center and Clallam Transit.
The Jefferson County Emergency Management Department also will participate in the drill.
Four shipping containers will be used at the fire station to represent a school that experiences a chemical attack.
About 30 Port Angeles High School students will participate as mock victims.
Medics will simulate triaging the students on site. Afterward, the students will be transported by Clallam Transit buses to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles, where hospital staff will simulate treating the patients, based on what level of injury they are supposed to have.
The drill is organized by the state's Homeland Security District No. 2, which includes Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap counties.
The state is organized into nine homeland security districts, which handle emergency preparedness funds from the Department of Homeland Security and coordinate districtwide exercises.
Another drill will also take place Monday in Kitsap County.
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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.
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