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May 6, 2007 - Fifteen members of the Rice-LeSueur Counties Chapter American Red Cross Disaster Team participated in a Disaster Drill and Response Evaluation, held at the Faribault Fire Department. Disaster Specialists Steve Hartman and Lauren Zimmerman, from the Red Cross Midwestern Service Area, facilitated and evaluated the drill.In the drill scenario a tornado had struck a residential area in Faribault which included a large apartment complex. The team, under the leadership of local Disaster chair, Jack Blackmer, simulated the chapter’s response to the first 72 hours of the disaster. Utilizing the training they have received, the resources of the chapter, and their disaster partners in Rice County, the chapter conducted a table-top drill. They received a good evaluation from the region and, the next day, the chapter leadership constructed a plan for the future development of the chapter disaster program.
