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County public health recounts state tabletop and POD exercises, lists partners for drill
Summary
Public-health staff reported participation in a state mandated tabletop exercise on Sept. 18 and a point-of-distribution (POD) exercise on Oct. 18; agencies involved include fire, sheriff, EMS, DES and the hospital and the department may add a POD site in the Coal Strip area.
Chely Sitar told the board the county completed two state-mandated exercises: a tabletop communicable-disease exercise on Sept. 18 and a point-of-distribution (POD) exercise on Oct. 18 to rehearse mass-immunization or mass-distribution logistics. Sitar described participating partners as including fire, sheriff, the public information officer, EMS, DES and the hospital (SEG 222–246).
On the POD exercise, Sitar said signage and staffing plans are practiced and that the county might open an additional POD in the Coal Strip area for better coverage. The transcript records the exercise dates and participating agencies but does not include outcomes or after-action details in the available text.
