Boy Scout Emergency Drill

To All CERT Team Leaders and Members:

On October 10, 2009, the West Tennessee Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Jackson-Madison Emergency Management Agency will have a joint disaster exercise. This will coincide with the Boy Scout West Tennessee Camporee held on a farm (TBD) in the Britton Lane Battlefield area.

The scenario will involve a school bus incident with multiple injuries. The Jackson-Madison School Transportation Dept will also be involved in the drill.

We would like to have as many CERT members participate in the drill with the Boy Scouts. This would be an excellent opportunity to work as teams or individuals to practice you skills such as utilizing ‘spontaneous volunteers’ (the Scouts) at a disaster scene.

The drill will be run two or three times in order to involve as many Scouts as possible and this will give you an opportunity to practice different CERT duties. This will last most of the day, but you can leave if needed

I will send you more details as we have them. Please check the District 10 CERT web site for information on this drill. http://dist10cert.blogspot.com/

Please respond via email if you will be available to participate in this drill. This will be written up and sent to Citizen’s Corp for their CERT Newsletter.

Thank you, in advance, for your time and efforts.

G. Michael Winslow, CERT Coordinator

Jackson-Madison Co / TN Homeland Security District 10