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“Be prepared,” may be the motto of the Boy Scouts, but it was certainly put into practice by Post 17 in Stark, N.H. recently.
The post turned into an emergency shelter and food preparation center during a disaster preparedness drill Sept. 14-16.
“To our knowledge, an exercise of this scope and type has not been attempted, much less accomplished, on this scale in the entire Department of New Hampshire to date,” said Post Adjutant William J. Cowie.
The main hall provided shelter for approximately 50 mock disaster victims. The drill also included the feeding and support of more than 80 first responders based at remote locations from across the state. These included members of the N.H. National Guard, the State Forest and Lands Department, American Red Cross, Groveton, N.H. Fire and Rescue and Groveton Ambulance. Also participating were four other American Legion posts from the Granite State, including Post 21 from Concord, 41 in Whitefield, Littleton Post 68 and Groveton Post 17.
Nationally, The American Legion has joined with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in promoting September as the fourth annual National Preparedness Month. The American Legion has recently published a guide, “Disaster Preparedness and Response for American Legion Posts, which is available by calling the national public relations division at (317) 630-1200 or by emailing pr@legion.org.
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