Disaster
Drills and Exercises
Drills
and exercises are an integral part of testing and refining the
national response strategy that has been put into place to assist
Federal, state, and local efforts in the event of an emergency
and/or disaster.
The
Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER) Coalition executes
an annual disaster exercise, or mock drill. KCER Coalition Response
Team members participate in training and testing their preparedness
and response activities and use these exercises to advance KCER's
disaster plans.
The
KCER Exercise is targeted toward KCER Coalition members and
Response Teams. These practice activities ensure that the Coalition
can support CMS goals and the ESRD Network program.
2009
KCER Exercise
The
2009 KCER Exercise
is an orientation exercise to provide an overview of KCER's
response duties and the process of KCER activation, as well
as volunteers' roles and responsibilities. KCER Response Teams,
ESRD Networks, CMS, providers, and patient organizations are
welcome to participate in order to gain a better understanding
of KCER and the types of technical assistance available. Time
will be available at the end of the orientation for questions.
