Police prepare drill for plague at school..(pnuemonic)

Northwest Herald ^ | Nov 6th, 2009

[palmer]

You must be from the military or government. The primary reason for drills is discipline of the forces which is inapplicable to civilians. It also allows for folks who are too lazy to think things through to sit, watch, make a couple of adjustments, run the same scenario and declare victory.

If you think you can come up with a plan, run 3 or 4 people through it, and then stick it in a filing cabinet and expect it to work with the **** hits the fan you're worse than crazy

That's not what I said above. I said that the disaster team prepares for the predictable disasters, then organizes their communications and command structure so they can respond to new circumstances. Involving the crowds and the incompetent managers, as was documented in Gov Shrinker's post, accomplishes nothing. But it does produce a certain unease in the air.

[Lurker]

You must be from the military or government.

You don't read very well. Scroll back on up the thread for a clue as to what I do and a small amount about my background.

The primary reason for drills is discipline of the forces which is inapplicable to civilians.

Ever hear of a "Fire Drill"? How about a "Tornado Drill"? No value in training kids how to secure themselves during a hazardous weather event? No value in training kids how to safely exit a building during a fire?

What kind of nutball are you?

I said that the disaster team prepares for the predictable disasters, then organizes their communications and command structure so they can respond to new circumstances.

And I say that your advice would get people killed in a disaster situation. Ever hear of a little event called "9-11"? Go ask some of the folks who survived it, particularly the ones who drilled under John O'Neill if there's no value in them.

Involving the crowds and the incompetent managers, as was documented in Gov Shrinker's post, accomplishes nothing.

Actually it does. It (now follow along closely here) exposes the incompetence so it can be dealt with. Ever think of that?

Obviously not.

I hope to God you're never in charge of any organization larger than 2 people. You're way of thinking will get people killed.

In fact if your advice were followed and someone was injured they'd be able to sue your Company into bankruptcy for willful negligence. I'd be happy to testify for the Plaintiff in fact.

L

[palmer]

Ever hear of a little event called "9-11"? Go ask some of the folks who survived it, particularly the ones who drilled under John O'Neill if there's no value in them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._O%27Neill

Drills? Don't see any evidence of drills. Someone is obsessed with drills and it isn't me.

I hope to God you're never in charge of any organization larger than 2 people. You're way of thinking will get people killed.

Do forest fires count? I help in my HOA to prevent them. We don't drill, we prevent. Does working in a tall building terrorist target count? I am an emergency responder in my company. We have fire drills, those are required by the county. But much more important than those are the training for medical response and fire response. Unfortunately we have no training for a terrorist incident, nor can we drill for explosions, collapse, gases, etc.

We could certainly do more preparation, I would love to have some equipment or some other way to survive. But I have marched down the stairwells enough times to know how useless that is going to be.