Fwd: Alert-Reminder / Fema Exercise July 27-31, 2009

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Do Unto Others As You would Have Others Do Unto You--- On Fri, 7/24/09, whisl4us <whisl4us wrote:

whisl4us <whisl4usFwd: Alert-Reminder / Fema Exercise July 27-31, 2009billyed, angrytom777, barbraymond, jtokash, Kustmbuilt, wireguy, rhostetter, rcarney55, sixblubaughs, agent454casuallDate: Friday, July 24, 2009, 12:30 PM

scott michaels <scott_24002scott_24002Sent: Fri, Jul 24, 2009 8:18 amFw: Alert-Reminder / Fema Exercise July 27-31, 2009

 

 

 

Many of you have been noticing the increased police and military activities over the past few weeks. We have witnessed a sudden, new, appearance of Apache attack and Chinook troop transport helicopters in our area, Mansfield, Ohio, recently. This great increase in military aircraft fly-overs and local police activites across the country no doubt is connected with the FEMA national level disaster response drills that will be conducted during the last week in July, starting next Monday.

 

As always, stay alert.

 

Scott Kyler, Founder, Director

Mid-Ohio Citizens For The 2nd Amendment

Richland County Citizens For The 2nd Amendment

http://www.PatriotsOfAmerica.org

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.fema.gov/media/fact_sheets/nle09.shtm> > > > National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE> 09)> > National> Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27> through July 31,> 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by> the United> States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism> prevention> and protection, as opposed to incident response and> recovery.> NLE 09 is designated as a Tier I National Level> Exercise. Tier I> exercises (formerly known as the Top Officials exercise> series or> TOPOFF) are conducted annually in accordance with the> National Exercise> Program (NEP), which serves as the nation's overarching> exercise> program

for planning, organizing, conducting and evaluating> national> level exercises. The NEP was established to provide the> U.S.> government, at all levels, exercise opportunities to> prepare for> catastrophic crises ranging from terrorism to natural> disasters.> NLE 09 is a White House directed, Congressionally-> mandated exercise> that includes the participation of all appropriate federal> department> and agency senior officials, their deputies, staff and key> operational> elements. In addition, broad regional participation> of state, tribal,> local, and private sector is anticipated. This year> the United States> welcomes the participation of Australia, Canada, Mexico and> the United> Kingdom in NLE 09. > EXERCISE FOCUS> NLE 09 will focus on intelligence and information> sharing

among> intelligence and law enforcement communities, and between> international, federal, regional, state, tribal, local and> private> sector participants.> The NLE 09 scenario will begin in the aftermath of a> notional> terrorist event outside of the United States, and exercise> play will> center on preventing subsequent efforts by the terrorists> to enter the> United States and carry out additional attacks. This> scenario enables> participating senior officials to focus on issues related> to preventing> terrorist events domestically and protecting U.S. critical> infrastructure.> NLE 09 will allow terrorism prevention efforts to> proceed to a> logical end (successful or not), with no requirement for> response or> recovery activities. > NLE 09 will be an operations-based exercise to include:>

activities> taking place at command posts, emergency operation centers,> intelligence centers and potential field locations to> include federal> headquarters facilities in the Washington D.C. area, and in> federal,> regional, state, tribal, local and private sector> facilities in FEMA> Region VI, which includes the states of Arkansas,> Louisiana, New> Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.> EXERCISE OBJECTIVES> Through a comprehensive evaluation process, the exercise> will assess> prevention and protection capabilities both nationally and> regionally.> Although NLE 09 is still in the planning stages, the> exercise is> currently designed to validate the following> capabilities:> > > Intelligence/Information Sharing and> Dissemination>

> > Counter-Terrorism Investigation and Law> Enforcement> > > Air, Border and Maritime Security> > > Critical Infrastructure Protection> > > Public and Private Sector Alert/Notification and> Security> Advisories> > > International Coordination> > > VALIDATING THE HOMELAND SECURITY> SYSTEM> Exercises such as NLE 09 are an important component of> national> preparedness, helping to build an integrated federal,> state, tribal,> local and private sector capability to prevent terrorist> attacks, and> rapidly and effectively respond

to, and recover from, any> terrorist> attack or major disaster that occurs.> The full-scale exercise offers agencies and> jurisdictions a way to> test their plans and skills in a real-time, realistic> environment and> to gain the in-depth knowledge that only experience can> provide.> Participants will exercise prevention and information> sharing functions> that are critical to preventing terrorist attacks. Lessons> learned from> the exercise will provide valuable insights to guide future> planning> for securing the nation against terrorist attacks,> disasters, and other> emergencies.> For more information about NLE 09, contact the FEMA News> Desk: 202-646-4600.> > > > FEMA leads and supports the nation in a risk-based,> comprehensive> emergency management system of

preparedness, protection,> response,> recovery, and mitigation, to reduce the loss of life and> property and> protect the nation from all hazards including natural> disasters, acts> of terrorism and other man-made disasters.