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PALMER — Residents listening to emergency band scanners should not be alarmed — emergency responders are conducting a disaster drill.
Thursday through Saturday, dozens of agencies and hundreds of participants will be out and about in the community as part of Alaska Shield. This year’s event commemorates the 50th anniversary of the massive 1964 earthquake.
Participants will be responding to a mock disaster scenario. The events will include construction of a tent hospital at the Alaska State Fairgrounds and National Guard members surveying disaster.
Most of the emergency radio traffic will be Thursday, originating from the city of Palmer. The first call about the pretend disaster came out at 10:33 a.m. and spoke of a building fire and “mass casualties.”
The Mat-Su Borough School District also is participating, according to an automated phone call just before 10:30 a.m. to parents of district students.
The Mat-Su Borough plans a mass casualty drill of its own for Saturday at its fire station near Mat-Su Regional Medical Center involving multiple patients and the use of the borough’s hazardous material spill response equipment — decontamination tents and the like.