Gearing up for a Mock Disaster

The FBCI is preparing for our fourth Mock Disaster! On Saturday, August 22nd, Plainfield Christian Church will complete their training by successfully opening and running a shelter simulation exercise for approximately four hours. We had a great turn out for the Skills Session on Tuesday night, a lively discussion of the situations that might arise in a sheltering situation, and a lot of interesting questions.

Kira and I are very excited because this will be our first Mock Disaster as FBCI Coordinators. We will be observing carefully, not only what the participants do, but also all the details Justin has worked out.

Three partners have already taken this graduating step: Traders Point Christian Church, Second Presbyterian, and Shelbyville Community Church. If anyone from those Action Teams have any advice or stories from their Mock Disaster they would like to share, please e-mail it to lbradley@redcross-indy.org, and we will post it on the blog!