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May 16, 2008

Don't be alarmed, it's only a drill

Don’t be startled if a group of emergency vehicles races by tomorrow on their way to Mount Pleasant High School.

It’s only a drill.

The Providence Emergency Management Agency and the state Department of Health are scheduled to conduct an emergency disaster exercise.

It’s called an M-POD, for Medical Point of Dispensing, and the goal is to be prepared to distribute vaccines or other medications in a public health emergency.

More than 150 emergency response officials from the city and state will get the chance to practice for a real emergency. Funding for the exercise comes from the Department of Health via the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The drill is scheduled for tomorrow morning from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Mount Pleasant High School, 434 Mount Pleasant Ave.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 10:48 AM | Permalink

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