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Ocean Shores fire and emergency staff plan earthquake tabletop, add hires and water-rescue training including drone use
Summary
At the Aug. 19 Public Safety Committee meeting, Assistant Chief Mandela outlined an October 16 Great ShakeOut tabletop exercise and a short tabletop to run that day; Fire Chief Ritter said the department will onboard seven hires Sept. 8, send two members to paramedic school and host surface-water rescue training tied to a new water drone.
Assistant Chief Mike Mandela told the Ocean Shores Public Safety Committee on Tuesday that the city plans a tabletop exercise tied to the statewide Great ShakeOut on Oct. 16 and a brief, 30–45 minute tabletop for employees and elected officials to practice response roles.
“I'm gonna schedule a tabletop exercise, which is a no fault stress free environment,” Mandela said, describing plans to design scenarios and “three to four objectives” for police, fire, public works and the public-information officer to discuss resource allocation, communications and documentation.
Mandela said the goal is to help staff and elected officials understand roles during an earthquake and to build a common operating picture for decisions such as whether to move…
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