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DENVER, CO — May 31, 2013 — Denver International Airport (DIA) will host a major exercise of the National Disaster Medical System on June 5.
The exercise, which is being coordinated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System and various community partners, will take place beginning at 8 a.m. at the Signature Flight Support Hangar at DIA, located at 7850 Harry B. Combs Parkway.
The exercise will be a major test of the National Disaster Medical System and will simulate the receiving, triage and transport of more than 150 patients to 11 metro-area hospitals via eight ground ambulances and 10 helicopters over the course of about six hours.
The National Disaster Medical System is managed by the Department of Homeland Security and may be activated in times of federally declared national or international emergencies to coordinate medical care of evacuees from the emergency area to an assigned area.
The exercise will simulate the evacuation of victims of a tornado in southern Wyoming and will include the use of military Lakota, Chinook and Blackhawk helicopters, in addition to an AirLife helicopter.
In total, more than 300 individuals from 20 community agencies will participate in the exercise. The exercise also will be the first time that children and adolescents will volunteer to be evacuated as part of the readiness exercise. Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center will be the first children’s hospital in the state of Colorado to participate in this large-scale exercise.
For additional information, or to request media access to the site during the exercise, contact Daniel Warvi, Public Affairs Officer, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, by noon on June 4. He can be reached at 303-393-5205 or [email protected].
For questions about DIA’s involvement in the exercise, please contact Heath Montgomery, Media Relations Director for DIA, at 303-342-2295 or [email protected].
The airport will be coordinating the exercise with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the FAA to ensure that the helicopter operations do not interfere with normal passenger airline traffic.
DIA will provide photos and B-roll video footage to the media following the exercise.
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