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Golden Guardian Exercise to Test Fresno’s Emergency Preparedness
11/02/2007

FRESNO, CA ( November 2, 2007) – On November 15, 2007 the Fresno Fire Department is staging a large scale disaster response exercise designed to test the City’s ability to effectively respond to a disaster. Emergencies occur in our community every day. It is with this in mind the City of Fresno tests its ability to respond to acts of terrorism, workplace violence, fire, earthquake, flood, and other natural, manmade, or technological disasters. Preparedness exercises are designed to mitigate such threats, and ensure the City is able to detect threats and determine effective protective actions making best use of internal resources, as well as external emergency services.

City leaders recognize that failure to adequately prepare for an emergency can prove crippling, if not fatal, to the City’s ability to serve the community in time of crisis. It is with this in mind the exercise will be testing the City’s ability to address the following issues:
 Are our emergency response plans compliant with applicable regulations — including local, state, federal, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or Environmental Protection Agency as well as nationally recognized best practices?
 Have we trained all employees as required by law and have we exercised our emergency response to assess our capability to respond to credible threats?
 Is our emergency response plans site specific and coordinated with the public emergency agencies that would respond to the site?
 Have our emergency response plans been updated to reflect changes in personnel, facilities, operations, and internal or external capabilities?

Local media are invited to attend the exercise however, are required to sign attached liability release in order to travel onto the exercise location. Please return the completed form to Fresno Fire Department headquarters. Media not having a completed this form will not be allowed onto the exercise location, as it is taking place on private property.

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