[Scan-DC] Exercise Mobilizing Volunteers After a Disaster

[Alan Henney]

MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact:
Merni Fitzgerald
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs

National Capital Region Conducts

Exercise Mobilizing Volunteers After a Disaster

WHEN:    Tuesday, March 18, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

WHAT:   Volunteer centers, nonprofits and emergency managers across
the National Capital Region will practice mobilizing volunteers after
a disaster. This regional exercise tests volunteer agencies ability to
meet nonprofit and government requests for help, as well as
coordination between these groups.

WHERE: Contact these organizations for more information on observing
the exercise:

          *    Loudoun Volunteer Services, Lisa Rose, 540-454-5297
          *    Prince George's Volunteer Center, Calvin Hawkins,
240-508-3919
          *    Prince William County, Patty Prince, 703-792-5578
          *    Volunteer Fairfax, Cori Bassett, 571-382-8607


WHY:    Volunteers must be integrated into disaster response,
according to the federal government. This exercise tests mutual-aid
agreements among volunteer agencies and local governments.

About the National Capital Region
The NCR encompasses the District of Columbia and parts of Maryland and
Virginia, including the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church,
Manassas and Manassas Park and the counties of Arlington, Fairfax,
Loudoun, Prince William in Virginia and Montgomery and Prince George's
counties in Maryland, which include the municipalities of Bowie,
College Park, Gaithersburg, Greenbelt, Rockville and Takoma Park.

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