ARES Simulated Emergency Test
I've been a member of the Colorado ARES Region 1 District 6 team covering Jefferson, Gilpin and Clear Creek counties since January. However, with the pandemic happening, basically all of our regular served events and in-person training have been cancelled. I think a few folks have deployed to help with incidents, but there hasn't been much for newbies to do. So I was thrilled yesterday to participate in my first ARES Simulated Emergency Test (SET) exercise. Our team activated all 3 county Emergency Operation Centers (Clear Creek EOC was virtual from someone's house) as well as the City of Lakewood EOC! We had about 8 folks to staff those, and 15 folks out in the field sending pre-arranged "injects" or scenarios. One of the goals was to give the EOC staff practice at handling and aggregating traffic, and another goal was to test connectivity from our territory in various places. I was one of the field operators, and my assignment was up in Rollinsville, CO on the ...