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be activated, the Defense Language Institute (DLI) would have a liasion
rep at the EOC and the Marines would send their Civil Affairs Group there.
The Monterey Fire Department would send one fi re engine from Station 2
to DLI and would probably ask the Pacifi c Grove Fire Department to send
one engine to DLI.
Humanitarian Relief Exercise in Oakland
The Emergency Program Manager was invited to be an exercise
evaluator in Oakland on March 16 and 17 at the emergency operations
center of the Governor's Offi ce of Emergency Services, Coastal Region. A
U.S. Marine Corps humanitarian relief exercise was designed to test Marine
Corps capabilities to conduct humanitarian and peace keeping operations
in a foreign country. The Marines set up a portable hospital, sleeping and
feeding facilities for (pretend) earthquake victims in Oakland. There were a
number of communication problems between the State OES and the Navy/
Marine Corps command ship in San Francisco harbor.
TERRORISM
(Note: The Pacifi c Grove Fire Department received national recognition
in 1998 when FEMA selected Pacifi c Grove's `Partnership for Preparedness
Against Terrorism' for inclusion in its annual report, Partnerships in
Preparedness - A Compendium of Exemplary Practices in Emergency
Management, Volume III, page 15, October 1998. Because of this, the
Emergency Program Manager was invited to participate in a number of
relevant activities.)
FBI Meeting
The Emergency Program Manager was invited to attend a meeting
on January 27, 1999 in San Jose of the Bay Area Terrorism Working
Group to hear the FBI describe some recent counter-terrorist actions.
A PG&E employee had been arrested in connection with bomb making
activities.
Alameda County Exercise
The Emergency Program Manager was invited to be an evaluator at
the Oakland Childrens' Hospital on May 18, 1999 for a terrorism exercise
involving all 13 hospitals in the county.
Summary :
Humanitarian Relief Exercise in Oakland The Emergency Program Manager was invited to be an exercise evaluator in Oakland on March 16 and 17 at the emergency operations center of the Governor's Offi ce of Emergency Services, Coastal Region. Because of this, the Emergency Program Manager was invited to participate in a number of relevant activities.) FBI Meeting The Emergency Program Manager was invited to attend a meeting on January 27, 1999 in San Jose of the Bay Area Terrorism Working Group to hear the FBI describe some recent counter-terrorist actions.
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