By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Attention scanner listeners: Dispatchers in Lewis County’s 911 center will be participating in a drill today, practicing how to deal with an undisclosed emergency situation.
The radio communications will be conducted on a secondary frequency, and will be preceded by an announcement it is an exercise, according to Laura Hanson at Lewis County Communications.
The drill is expected to begin about 1 p.m. and could continue until as late as 2:30 p.m., depending upon actual emergency communications needing attention at the same time, Hanson said.
The mock scenario will involve some type of incident taking place close enough to the Historic Courthouse on Main Street in Chehalis that dispatchers would have to “shelter in place”, Hanson said.
Also taking part in radio and phone communications simulating their response will be Chehalis police, fire, the sheriff’s office, the jail and other county departments, according to Hanson.
For the 911 center, it is an opportunity to check and refine their continuity of operations plan, according to Hanson.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
The “drill” was a practice run for a train wreck in Chehalis. Hence the pun.
Martial law perhaps? Stay drinking the water and dumbed down so you will believe this.
Hope the drill goes well and does not turn into a train wreck…
Drill started at about 1:04 pm on 3/16/2012