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Putnam County schedules full-scale emergency exercise simulating train derailment

Putnam County Board · September 9, 2024
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Summary

The Office of Emergency Management will run a full-scale exercise on Sept. 21, 2024, simulating a train derailment for the Bureau-Putnam Local Emergency Planning Committee; the coordinator also reported grant submissions and multiple OEM building bookings.

Putnam County’s Office of Emergency Management is planning a Full-Scale Exercise on Sept. 21, 2024, using a train derailment scenario, OEM Coordinator Chauntelle Biagi-Bruer told the board. Biagi-Bruer said the exercise is being planned for the Bureau-Putnam Local Emergency Planning Committee and noted she recently submitted quarterly grant requests and two new grant applications.

Biagi-Bruer reported that the OEM building is heavily booked in September with several October bookings already on the calendar; she also said she continues to serve as Region 2 Regional Vice President and has attended numerous meetings related to emergency planning.