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Hubbardston planning committee accelerates public‑health tabletop after DPH deadline
Summary
The Town of Hubbardston planning committee on Tuesday discussed writing and testing a public‑health tabletop exercise after the Department of Public Health (DPH) told towns to run a tabletop drill and deliver an after‑action report by Dec. 31.
The Town of Hubbardston planning committee on Tuesday discussed writing and testing a public‑health tabletop exercise after the Department of Public Health (DPH) told towns to run a tabletop drill and deliver an after‑action report by Dec. 31.
Committee members said DPH expects the board of health to lead the exercise and that the event should include police, fire, selectmen and EMS. One member described the DPH direction as a hard deadline and said an after‑action report must be “on my desk” when the work is complete.
The requirement prompted debate over scope and feasibility. Speaker 1, a planning committee member, said DPH “has said that they want to have a tabletop, and they want they said that they want DPH to be I mean,…
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