On June 5 and 6, the Town’s Disaster Recovery Council conducted emergency preparedness training and exercise sessions based on an earthquake scenario, joining with Charleston County’s exercise on June 6.
Participants in these sessions included Town officials and administration, SIPOA, the Club, Camp St. Christopher, Bohicket Marina, Seabrook Island Utility Commission, Johns Island Fire District, Berkeley Electric Cooperative, and the local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). The training session included review of impacts of the 1886 Charleston earthquake and consideration of local impacts to be anticipated from a similar event. With that background, the Town’s earthquake emergency response plan was reviewed to identify areas of that plan that could be improved from initial response through recovery. Continue reading “Recap of Disaster Recovery Council June Exercise”
