Volunteers needed for mass dispensing exercise

Hot Springs County Local Emergency Planning Committee has a lot to get done in the next couple of months. Chairman James Coates started the meeting with a need to conduct an exercise for this calendar year.

Mary Gordon from Hot Springs County Public Health spoke of a Mass Dispensing Exercise for the Hot Springs County Public Health. She would need community participation, as many people as she can get to make the exercise beneficial. Residents will stand be issued fake medicine and have to fill out a small form estimating to take five to ten minutes. This will also give people a chance to get a Flu shot, as they will be available for those who complete the exercise. The event would help the community plan and prepare for a disaster or disease outbreak. The event is scheduled to take place October 27.

Mary Gordon mentioned that there would be a statewide tabletop exercise on an Ebola response. This will be in the month of January; there will be a future full-scale exercise involving our At Risk populations that will need to be completed by June 2016.

Clint Huckfeldt from WYDOT was asked to be the official representative of the Owner/Operator Group by Chairman Coates. Mr. Huckfeldt agreed to be the representative.

The next meeting will be on October 22, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. in the Thermopolis Fire Department Meeting Room.

Contact Mary Gordon for more information about the Mass Dispensing Exercise at the Hot Springs County Public Health.