Disaster Response Exercise Succeeds 'Spectacularly':

SOUTH COAST -- Expecting to "fail spectacularly," hundreds of volunteers representing more than 40 agencies took part in a three-day disaster response exercise in Coos and Curry counties over the weekend. The event, named "Triton 32" was a grass-roots planned full-scale exercise involving both public and private emergency service providers to assess preparedness following an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Cascadia subduction zone. Participants from Oregon Disaster Medical Teams, the Medical Reserve Corps, community emergency response teams as well as public and private air and ground support were involved. The Triton 32 Full Scale Exercise tested the capabilities to establish casualty collection points in both Coos and Curry counties culminating at the Cape Blanco Airport, said event public information officer Debbie Simon, with the Coos County Office of Emergency Management. The state-owned airport was closed off for the weekend to allow for the exercise. Rather than failing, Simon said on Sunday morning, "We've been succeeding spectacularly well. We're identifying the areas we need to work on and we're finding the holes, and that's the whole intent."

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