[Scan-DC] Emergency Preparedness Drill to be Held on Thursday, December 7

[Raymond Chin]

   from the Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health.

   The  Bethesda Hospital Emergency Preparedness Partnership will conduct
   a  mass-  casualty  exercise  on  Thursday,  December  7.  Most of the
   activity  will take place on the grounds of the National Naval Medical
   Center  (NNMC).  However, those in the area, including on the NIH main
   campus,  can  expect  to see smoke, helicopters and emergency vehicles
   associated  with the drill between 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. As part of
   the exercise, some emergency vehicles will travel to Suburban Hospital
   and the NIH Clinical Center.

   The  drill will test the partnership's medical readiness and - for the
   first time - emergency response capability across the National Capital
   Region.

   Eighteen   organizations,   including  the  NIH  Fire  Department  and
   Hazardous Response Team, will participate.

   NNMC,  Suburban  Hospital  and  the  NIH  Clinical  Center make up the
   partnership,  formed  in  2004  to  assure  that  each institution can
   respond  rapidly  and  effectively to any emergency situation; provide
   streamlined   integration  of  the  responses  of  the  three  partner
   institutions  with  other  community, regional, and national emergency
   plans;  and  to establish a model for other federal and private sector
   hospitals to form similar partnerships.

   For   questions   regarding  this  message,  please  contact  the  ORS
   Information

   Line  at  orsinfo at mail.nih.gov  or  301-594-6677.  TTY is available at
   301-435-1908.

   Please  tune  your  radios  to  1660AM  for  NIH traffic, parking, and
   perimeter security advisories.