The City of Woodinville held an earthquake damage exercise on June 5 at City Hall to practice emergency operations. The exercise was a simulated earthquake with fictional damage to the City.
City staff set-up an emergency operations center and began operations as would be required during a real emergency. Participants to this exercise included the Woodinville Police, Woodinville Water District, Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) volunteers, Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) volunteers, and City staff.
Emergency exercises are conducted on an annual basis to ensure that the City has the training and is prepared to handle real emergencies as they occur. For more information on Emergency Management in the City of Woodinville visit, the City’s website at www.ci.woodinville.wa.us/Live/EmergencyManagement.asp
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