El Paso County - Deep Freeze 16 drill

[dw2872]

El Paso County - Deep Freeze 16 drill

EP County Emergency Planner, Rick White, says they will have the drill this Saturday (6 am to 9 pm - don't ask me why that doesn't jive with the schedule below), January 9th, with a scenario of a strong blizzard entering the county from the northwest going to the southeast part of the county.

The drill will include 30 agencies and almost 200 real-life scenarios such as stranded motorists, crashes, etc.

St. Francis Medical Center, Colo National Guard, Black Forest FD, Salvation Army and a bunch of others will be part of it.

AND they will be using 111 volunteers to be part of it.

Should be great listening!

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Briefings on Friday will be held at the Office of Emergency Management, 3755 Mark Dabling Blvd. Colorado Springs.
Friday, January 8, 2016

06:00 Exercise Conference Call

06:30 Go/NoGo Decision Announced and posted here

08:00 CE/Staff Brief - Unified Command Support

09:00 CE/Staff Brief - EPC SAR Support

10:00 CE/Staff Brief - CONG Support

11:00 CE/Staff Brief - EPC EOC Support

12:00 CE/Staff Brief - Salvation Army & Penrose-St. Francis Support

13:00 CE/Staff Brief - EPC PIO

14:00 CE/Staff Brief - VOAD

15:00 CE/Staff Brief - Control Center / SimCell



Saturday, January 9, 2016

06:00 Exercise Conference Call

06:30 Go/NoGo Decision Announced and posted here

06:45 Site Activation (Directors & CE-Leads)

07:00 CE/Staff Check-In

07:10 CE/Staff Exercise & Safety Briefs

07:30 Comms Check

08:00 Players/Actors Check-In

08:30 Players & Actors Briefs

09:00 EXERCISE BEGINS

15:00 EXERCISE ENDS

15:15 Hot Wash/Feedback Forms

16:00 Remaining Players & Actors Released

16:30 Site Rehabilitation

17:00 CE Debrief - EPC OEM 3755 Mark Dabling, Rm. 140A

18:00 Conclusion

 

[radio]

Any guess for which talk groups and where it will occur for the public to watch?

Thanks

 

[dw2872]

The Colo National Guard will actually play a HUGE roll in this exercise and it sounds like it will be more statewide than I thought.

So TG-1229, TG-2395, and the MAC TGs will definitely be busy with them on there, as they were in past drills and other events.

Here is a link to the Colo Natl Guard page that talks about their participation in the drill. It details a few places where you might see them, such as El Paso County, Alamosa, Del Norte, Center, City of Evans, Castle Rock, and even earlier as part of another drill at Hahn's Peak near Steamboat Springs.

Military, local authorities to practice winter emergency response

 

[natedawg1604]

Any indication anything's happening yet? The article indicates festivities begin today...

 

[dw2872]

At least for the El Paso County portion, a go or no-go decision will be announced after 6:30 am on Saturday, followed by an announcement on the county OEM website, the comms checks and check-ins begin at 7:30 am. The good stuff (of the scenarios playing out) goes from 9 am to 3 pm.

Obviously there could be a lot of comms going on outside that window. I have several scanners recording, Pro96Com logging, and SDR dongles saving even more audio, to try to catch a lot more.

This sounds like a statewide drill though so listen for your area too. Let us know what you hear!

 

[radio]

Roll call was at 730 AM am on C2. Further activity will begin at 900 AM

 

[radio]

C2 is allowed on Cheyenne Mt at last roll call!

C3 is also allowed on Cheyenne Mt now

 

[natedawg1604]

C2 is allowed on Cheyenne Mt at last roll call!

Can someone confirm if they are seeing these local interop TG's on any Denver-Metro Zone 1 sites?

 

[dw2872]

http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/...zard-response-364782041.html?device=phone&c=y


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