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Eagles Nest Township held its sixth Evacuation Exercise Saturday, Aug. 10, which involved evacuating residents on five of the Township’s 23 dead-end roads.
The goal of Saturday’s exercise was to provide training for Road Ambassadors - the liaisons between residents and the Fire Department - as well as for other volunteers on how to setup an Emergency Operations and Reception Center.
It was also a chance for residents to learn the process that ENFD would employ in the event of a ‘really bad day.”
The simulated scenario was a fast-moving wildfire coming out of Ely and making a run toward Eagles Nest. In the event of an actual emergency, it would be the volunteers who would be responsible for contacting their neighbors and directing them to evacuate.
Those same volunteers would be charged with establishing a shelter for residents along with setting up an Emergency Operations Center. Besides Eagles Nest Fire Department, ENCEP the Eagles Nest Committee for Emergency Preparedness St. Louis County Emergency Managment and Morse-Fall Lake Fire participated in the exercise. Residents were invited to stay at the town hall for a short “After-Action- Briefing.”
