More than 100 agencies from several different jurisdictions are taking part in a terrorism attack drill on Friday, the largest ever performed in Denver. The mock terror drill, Operation Mountain Guardian, will simulate four coordinated terrorist attacks in the Denver metro area, according to Fox31. Operation Mountain Guardian is modeled after the tragic Mumbai, India terrorist incident from Nov., 2008.
According to 7News, the drill will be conducted in 10 different locations around the Denver metro area including:
Park Meadows Mall
Smedley Elementary School
Denver Union Station
Community College of Aurora (Lowry Campus)
Denver International Airport
Sky Ridge Medical Center
University of Colorado Hospital
Catholic Charities (NW Denver)
Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Denver metro residents need not be alarmed by the test of regional response during a terrorist-driven catastrophic scenario which will include simulated weapons, smoke, emergency vehicles and other emergency response sights and sounds throughout the day, CBSDenver reports.
However, it may be difficult to remember that this is just a practice, as Westword reports that the "victims" will even be adorned with fake blood and wounds.
Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said to CBSDenver that there is no immediate concern about terrorism in the Denver metro area, this is just a test of preparedness.
The exercise is scheduled to begin at 0500 hours and end by 1630 hours.
NEWS ADVISORY: Operation Mountain Guardian (continued)
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND
Operation Mountain Guardian is a terrorism-based full-scale exercise sponsored by the North Central All-Hazards Emergency Management Region, Denver Urban Area Security Initiative, and Front Range Metropolitan Medical Response System. The exercise is a Homeland Security Grant funded event made possible due to grant funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA Region VIII and the State of Colorado Governor’s Office of Homeland Security.
The North Central All-Hazards Emergency Management Region is one of nine emergency preparedness and response Regions within the State of Colorado. The North Central Region (NCR) is organized around ten counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and Jefferson.
One purpose of the NCR is to improve Region-wide emergency preparedness, response and homeland security capabilities through coordinated planning, training and exercise efforts. This exercise is evidence of the growing public safety partnership between regional emergency response agencies.
Operation Mountain Guardian is part of a Regional Training and Exercise Plan established in 2009. Planning for Operation Mountain Guardian began in January 2010 and has included several building-block events designed to prepare responders to effectively participate in the full-scale exercise.
The overall Operation Mountain Guardian exercise objectives are:
1. Communications: Assess the ability to establish and maintain multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional communications in response to a terrorism incident.
2. Hazmat Response and Decontamination: Evaluate the capability to coordinate multiple hazmat response teams and assess their ability to perform initial response actions.
3. Public Safety & Security Response: Evaluate the ability to establish scene security and crime scene preservation, coordinate a multi-jurisdictional response, and manage intelligence information in order to mitigate the effects of the event.
4. Explosive Device Response Operations: Evaluate the capability to manage and coordinate explosive device response operations using regional bomb squad teams.
5. Onsite Incident Management: Evaluate the ability to implement the Incident Command System (ICS) and establish multi-jurisdictional command and control.
6. Triage and Pre-Hospital Treatment: Examine the ability of EMS to provide effective pre-hospital emergency medical care in response to a terrorism incident.
7. Medical Surge: Evaluate medical surge capability at area hospitals.
While Operation Mountain Guardian is primarily a Homeland Security Grant funded exercise, the event will also rely heavily on local government emergency response agencies, military organizations, volunteer organizations as well as local charitable organizations.
**The following agencies are expected to participate:
1
84th Civil Support Team
51
Golden Police Department
2
Action Care
52
Greenwood Village Police Department
3
Adams County Office of Emergency Management
53
Jefferson County Office of Emergency Management
4
Adams County Sheriff’s Office
54
Jefferson County Public Health
5
Adcom 911
55
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
6
American Medical Response
56
Lafayette Fire Dept
7
Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office
57
Lakewood Police Department
8
Arvada Fire Department
58
Larkspur Fire Department
9
Arvada Police Department
59
Littleton Fire Department
10
Aurora Fire Department
60
Littleton Police Department
11
Aurora MMRS
61
Lone Tree Police Department
12
Aurora Office of Emergency Management
62
Longmont Fire
13
Aurora Police Department
63
Longmont Police Department
14
Aurora Public Safety Communications
64
Louisville Fire Department
15
Boulder County Sheriff’s Office
65
Louisville Police Department
16
Boulder Fire Department
66
Metropolitan Area Communications Center
17
Boulder Police Department
67
Mountain View Fire Dept
18
Brighton Fire Protection District
68
National Disaster Medical System
19
Brighton Police Department
69
North Central Region
20
Broomfield Police Department
70
North Metro Fire Rescue District
21
Buckley AFB Fire Department
71
North Washington Fire
22
Castle Rock Fire Department
72
Northglenn Ambulance
23
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
73
Northglenn Police Department
24
Colorado Division of Emergency Management
74
Office of Bombing Prevention
25
Colorado Information Analysis Center
75
Park Meadows Mall
26
Colorado Office of Information Technology
76
Parker Police Department
27
Community College of Aurora
77
Platte Valley Medical Center
28
Cunningham Fire Protection District
78
Porter Adventist Hospital
29
Denver 911
79
Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital
30
Denver Electronic Engineering Bureau
80
Regional Transportation District
31
Denver Fire Department
81
Rural Metro Ambulance
32
Denver Health & Hospital Authority
82
Sable Altura Fire Department
33
Denver Health Paramedic Division
83
Salvation Army
34
Denver International Airport
84
Sheridan Police Department
35
Denver MMRS
85
Sky Ridge Medical Center
36
Denver Office of Emergency Management
86
South Adams County Fire
37
Denver Parks & Recreation
87
South Metro Fire Rescue Authority
38
Denver Police Department
88
St. Anthony’s Hospital
39
Denver Public Schools
89
St. Anthony Summit Medical Center
40
Denver Sheriff’s Department
90
St. Joseph Hospital
41
Denver UASI
91
Swedish Medical Center
42
Douglas County Office of Emergency Management
92
Thornton Fire Department
43
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
93
Thornton Police Department
44
Englewood Fire
94
Tri-County Health Department
45
Englewood Police Department
95
University of Colorado Hospital
46
Environmental Protection Agency
96
VA Hospital
47
Fairmount Fire
97
West Metro Fire Department
48
Federal Bureau of Investigation
98
Western Ambulance
49
Federal Protective Service
99
Westminster Police Department
50
Franktown Fire Department
100
Wheat Ridge Fire Department
101
Wheat Ridge Police Department
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