Dayton MMRS with Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association (GDAHA) and others are conducting a series of exercises called “Dawn of a New Day.”  One of these full-scale exercises will be held this Thursday, September 27 at 1400 Hours.  Four hospital facilities – Miami Valley Hospital, Miami Valley South, Miami Valley North, and Jamestown Emergency Department will be involved.  The exercise will conclude before 1700.

 

The scenario is an active shooter with an IED as part of a Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack.  There will be sounds of gunfire and a muffled explosion at the incident scene on the Miami Valley Main Campus only. 

 

There will not be any perpetrator, gunfire, or explosions at the other three locations (MVH-South,  MVH-North, or Jamestown ED).  However, there will be a busload of simulated and moulaged (i.e., with injury makeup) victims at each of those locations.

 

We are taking numerous steps to ensure that everyone knows of the exercise and to prevent it being confused with a real world event. 

·        MVH/Premier is doing a press release (attached). 

·        We’re doing videos describing the exercise that will be made available to hospital employees. 

·        Premier is posting signage about the exercise on the grounds and inside the hospital. 

·        We’re sending out a “Player Guide,” which I’ve attached.

·        The hospital will make multiple overhead announcements during the exercise. 

·        Each victim-actor will wear a lanyard with multiple envelopes.  Each envelope will be marked as “Victim-Actor” along with other information.  Other role-players (press, family) will have a badge on a lanyard (roughly 3” x 5”) stating that they are Actors (Press-Actor/Family Actor).

·        The “perpetrator” (who will only be at MVH) will wear a sign saying Exercise ACTOR (Perpetrator)

·        In addition to insisting that all phone, radio, and written communications include, “This is an exercise message,” we are also encouraging as often as practical, that the players say out loud “This is an exercise message” while they’re in the hospital. 

 

By the way, if you would like for any of your personnel to participate, I have a few open spots for law enforcement and EMS.  Just send me an email.

 

 

DAYTON Logo-RGB email.png                           David N. Gerstner

                           MMRS/RMRS/EP Coordinator

                           Department of Fire  I  City of Dayton

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