For the past several months, Paris Regional Medical Center, the City of Paris and local emergency services have been planning an emergency training drill at the hospital facility. The purpose of this drill is to test the hospitals’ preparedness and emergency response to a multi-casualty incident. This drill is expected to take place the morning of Thursday, April 21st and will conclude by noon. Live training drills are required annually to maintain the hospitals’ preparedness and accreditation, as well as integration with local emergency services.
There will be live radio traffic on public safety radio frequencies regarding an active shooter event at the hospital as part of this drill. Law Enforcement, EMS, Air Medical and Fire units will be dispatched as if responding to a real incident. The only difference is the words “Drill Drill Drill” will be stated before information is given out. Hospital patients, staff and visitors will be made aware of the drill the morning of April 21st, and many hospital staff will be positioned throughout the hospital to make sure that all persons who may be in the area are well aware that the drill is taking place. Please be aware that there will be a large response of emergency vehicles in and around the PRMC campus during the morning hours of April 21st, and that this is a planned live response of your emergency services to this mock drill.
Since the hospital is in close proximity of the North Lamar Independent School District Campuses, we wish to make sure that everyone knows that this drill has been planned in detail for months, will be occurring wholly on hospital property, and is only a drill and not a real incident.
We will be using social media, electronic and print media to make sure that there is no confusion as to this being only a drill. There will also be news media and/or outside TV station vehicles in town for this drill. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Erin Barnes, the PRMC Public Information Officer, at 903-785-4521."
There will be live radio traffic on public safety radio frequencies regarding an active shooter event at the hospital as part of this drill. Law Enforcement, EMS, Air Medical and Fire units will be dispatched as if responding to a real incident. The only difference is the words “Drill Drill Drill” will be stated before information is given out. Hospital patients, staff and visitors will be made aware of the drill the morning of April 21st, and many hospital staff will be positioned throughout the hospital to make sure that all persons who may be in the area are well aware that the drill is taking place. Please be aware that there will be a large response of emergency vehicles in and around the PRMC campus during the morning hours of April 21st, and that this is a planned live response of your emergency services to this mock drill.
Since the hospital is in close proximity of the North Lamar Independent School District Campuses, we wish to make sure that everyone knows that this drill has been planned in detail for months, will be occurring wholly on hospital property, and is only a drill and not a real incident.
We will be using social media, electronic and print media to make sure that there is no confusion as to this being only a drill. There will also be news media and/or outside TV station vehicles in town for this drill. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Erin Barnes, the PRMC Public Information Officer, at 903-785-4521."
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