Search and Rescue Drill at Otter Creek Park on 4-21-2012

Present at the exercise Saturday were:

Tama County Emergency Management Agency

Tama County 911 Services

Tama County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Tama County Sheriff’s Office

Tama County Conservation (Ranger Staff)

Toledo Fire & EMS

Tama Fire & EMS

Clutier First Responders

Clutier Fire Department

Traer Fire Department

Garwin Fire Department

Montour Fire Department

Boy Scout Troop 304 of Traer (Victims)

Poweshiek County Emergency Management Agency

We had 47 participants (7 victims) total.

This full scale exercise was a great success. We had a great day for the exercise and we had several departments from all over the county participate, making for a very lifelike drill.

We go a lot of great positive feedback on the exercise from our participants, everyone present learned something, had a safe time and many had fun doing it. We really appreciate all our rescuers, victims and evaluators giving up their Saturday to be a part of this voluntary full scale exercise. A special thanks to the Otter Creek Park staff and the Tama County Conservation Board for the use of their facility, Otter Creek was a perfect location for a Search and Rescue full scale exercise. The Tama County Emergency Management Agency has already filled the paperwork for this exercise with homeland security and is excited about potential plans for our next exercise.