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FYI Middlesex County 4-H Members This is being sent to the New Haven & 4-H Fair Distribution Lists - Below is information about the Mass Casualty exercise seeking volunteers for Saturday that was discussed at the April 4-H Fair meeting. If you are free and can help, register through the link in this email below link. Please let Emily or myself know if you attended. Peggy UConn Extension Ties Research to Real Life 4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship & life skills. Margaret H. Grillo (Peggy) Cooperative Extension Educator 4-H Youth Ph (203) 407-3158 New Haven Extension Center Fax (203) 407-3176 305 Skiff Street [log in to unmask] North Haven, CT 06473 An Equal Opportunity Employer and Program Provider Regional Mass Casualty Exercise Seeks Volunteers The Town of Durham and the Durham Agricultural Fair Association, in cooperation with Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Regional Emergency Planning Team, will be hosting a Regional Mass Casualty Functional Exercise. The Exercise, will be held on Saturday April 25, 2015, from 08:00 to 16:00. It will be hosted at the Durham Fair Ground, Durham CT 06422. The scenario being exercised is an explosion and fire that causes a mass causality incident, on the fairgrounds. The objectives to be exercised during this event, include the testing of a multi agency response to this incident. Participating local and state response agencies including Durham Town Leaders, Durham Volunteer Fire Department and Durham EMS, Durham Emergency Management, Durham Animal Response Team, Middlesex Hospital, and the Connecticut State Police. This Exercise was designed and is being delivered by The Holdsworth Group, Inc, 269 Main Street, Cromwell, CT 06416. It was funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, through the Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. The Exercise Design Team is seeking volunteers to act as both simulated victims and as a simulated crowd to add realism to this exercise. Volunteers’ interest in participating may register on line; http://www.holdsworth.com/fe/