Emergency Disaster Drill September 13, 2008 Cumberland Fair will be the site of an emergency disaster drill on September 13 at 8:00 am. The exercise is being conducted by Cumberland Fair and Town of Cumberland public safety agencies and MSAD 51 personnel. This exercise will also involve equipment and personnel from Yarmouth, Falmouth, Gray, Scarborough, Gorham, Portland, South Portland, Northeast Ambulance Service, the Maine State Police, and Cumberland County Sheriff's Department. The planning for this event has been ongoing since January and is a huge undertaking for fair and town personnel. This exercise will provide valuable training for these personnel as well as our fair personnel. This event will provide realistic conditions and is designed to test in place resources. The event will be covered by local media and will provide valuable training for everyone involved. The details of this event will be presented to the Cumberland Town Council on July 14th @ 7:00 pm. During this event a portion of Blanchard Road will be close to simulate actual conditions as "victims" and students will be transported from the fairgrounds. A brief training session for Cumberland Fair personnel on August 5th at 7:00 pm at the fairgrounds. It is important that fair personnel attend this meeting in order to understand the duties and responsibilities in the event of an emergency. The Security Office has created Emergency Action Teams and each Superintendent will be receiving that information. The Security Office is looking for volunteers to be role players as victims and fair patrons for this event. MSAD 51 will be providing lunches at the Middle School for transport victims and we are looking for help in offsetting those costs. Many of the personnel and equipment has been donated but there will be some costs for this event. THE SCENARIO The event will simulate an accident, on Maine Agricultural Day, between a school bus and a fuel truck at Gate 2 on Blanchard Road. The severity of the injuries will range from minor to fatal injuries. Persons will be evacuated to the infield for evaluation and students will be transported to the Cumberland Middle School for reunification with parents. The conditions during this drill will be realistic and personnel will respond as if the scenario was an actual emergency. Fair personnel will be assigned to tasks according to their team assignments. The goal of this training is help provide fair personnel valuable insight and test our resources in the event of an emergency during our fair operation. I sincerely hope that fair personnel and Club members will support this event. Bruce Flanigan Security Office