Monday, January 7, 2013

[californiadisasters] Formidable Footprint - Wildfire / Tornado / Earthquake Exercises



Please Share This Important Disaster Exercise Opportunity With Others

 

 

National Community / Neighborhood Exercise Series

 

The series of Formidable Footprint exercises for neighborhood, community and faith based organizations continues.

 

January 26 – Wildfire / February 23 – Tornado / March 30 – Earthquake 

 

Exercises have also been scheduled for the following scenarios:

Flood – Hurricane – Influenza Pandemic – Solar Storm

 

The Formidable Footprint exercise series has been developed in accordance with Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) protocols. The objective of the exercise series is for CERTs, Neighborhood Watch Programs, Neighborhood Associations, Community / Faith Based Organizations, Citizen Corps, Fire Corps and others to work as a team to become better prepared for the next disaster their community may face.

 

To-date 2,327 teams from across the United States have participated in one of several of the previous Formidable Footprint exercises. Here are several testimonials from participants in previous exercises:

 

Benicia Emergency Response Team - Benicia California

 

·         The drill Saturday was a wonderful learning experience and quit valuable. Looking forward to future opportunities.

 

Rowlett CERT - Rowlett Texas

 

·         Superb End-To-End exercise. Our organization really enjoyed this exercise.

 

American Red Cross - California

 

·         This was our first experience with this series of exercises. It appears to be very valuable. We will recruit the rest of the team to participate in a future exercise. Thank you

 

There is NO CHARGE for participation in any of the Formidable Footprint exercises.

 

For additional information or to register for up-coming exercises please access the following web site today:  

 

www.FormidableFootprint.org

 

Stay informed regarding future exercises by joining the Formidable Footprint LinkedIn Group.

 

Please Share This Important Disaster Exercise Opportunity With Others

 

 

 



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