The Local Emergency Planning Committee determined a few more details about the tabletop exercise scheduled for later this year that will allow local emergency responders to test the county’s All-Hazards Plan.
Members are required to hold at least three planning meetings prior to the exercise. They held the first meeting last week and their second one on Wednesday. They established that final planning session will be held after their regular meeting in August.
Members intend to the hold the exercise at the Knox-Center Township Fire Station during the month of October.
LEPC members will be working over the next month to put together a list of people who should attend the exercise. The list will include representatives from law-enforcement, the fire departments, EMS and other individuals who would play a role in responding to a hazardous emergency.
Starke County EMA Director J. Nier said that specific details about the exercise itself cannot be shared publically. She said this is so participants won’t have time to prepare for the simulated disaster beforehand and they can work together during the exercise to come up with a solution in real time.
