Practicing disaster response
Doug Plitt, senior park ranger at Pine Flat Dam, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, monitors progress during the simulated flood event exercise. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District joined local, state and other federal agencies in Orland, Calif., Nov. 20, to practice emergency response coordination for use in a regional flood emergency. The desktop exercise provided an opportunity for face-to-face communication between emergency agency personnel.