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DEH Team Arrives
PPE Demo
DEH Field Teams arrive at Rita Bass Training Center after Unscheduled Alert
Boots On
PPE
Tumu Johnson, DEH Field Team #2, pulling on his Level C PPE boots
Taping Boot Tops
PPE
Gene Hook, DEH Field Team #1, seals his boottops to Level C pant legs
Plans, Tools and Exercises

 

Denver Public Health &

Denver Environmental Health Joint Exercise

The No Notice Drill

         Purpose:  Test response time for arrival of DEH Field Teams to Denver Public Health site after Unscheduled (Test) Activation  & full Level C PPE Dress-Out Drill

Time:

Event:

08:15

Call by C. Smedly phones DEH, requesting 2 fully-equipped DEH Field Teams to DPH Rita Bass facility within 90 minutes.

08:30

Arrival at Rita Bass of T. Volkman, J. Student, L. Ringle

08:45

Arrival at Rita Bass of S. Stark, C. Smedly, C. McDonald

09:30

Radio cross-talk as DEH vehicles approach rendezvous at Rita Bass

09:35

DEH Team 1 arrives with 2 vehicles and 4 Team members

09:36

DEH Team 1 begins hauling Go-Bags & equipment into rendezvous area

09:50

DEH Team 2 arrives, hauls equipment into rendezvous area

10:00

L Ringle & C. Smedly outlines purpose of No Notice Drill, introduces DPH & DEH participants to each other

10:12

T. Volkman begins presentations on CRI and SNS to DEH Teams

10:45

POD Drill begins; C. Smedly instructs DEH Teams to inventory DPH’s five POD Admin Supply boxes, insure all items present per inventory list, and re-seal boxes when inventory is correct.

10:51

Teams begin inventory, breaking up into 5 sub-teams of 2 people each

11:05

Inventory complete, boxes sealed & stacked

11:10

L. Ringle outlines PPE Drill instructions for DEH Teams (full Level C dress-out of one member from each team)

11:15

DEH Teams begin PPE Drill

11:42

Dress-out complete for both DEH Team members; begin removal phase

12:10

PPE fully removed & repacked into DEH Team Go-Bags

12:11

L. Ringle directs C. Smedly to begin Hot Wash

13:00

L. Ringle officially ends No-Notice Drill

 

ICS Commander Laura Ringle
ICS for Drill
Drill Incident Commander Laura Ringle discusses the Exercise with Chuck Smedly, ICS Operations Officer
Checking Fit
PPE
"Buddy System" helps insure every seam is sealed tight for Level C Personal Protective Equipment
Final Check
PPE
Final check for complete seal as masks are placed and self-contained air system is activated