Owen
County EMS participates in National Exercise "Ardent Sentry" with
Indiana Task Force 7!
Early in the morning
on May 11th., Owen County personnel gathered at Clay County
Fairgrounds to get a briefing on their participation in a
national level exercise designed to test the response plans of
local, county, and state emergency agencies.
A 10 kiloton nuclear device was
detonated at the Finance Center of Fort Harrison in Indianapolis
killing thousands of innocent Hoosiers and injuring thousands more.
The Indiana and Ohio National guard were mobilized for this exercise
as well multiple entities from the Indiana Emergency Operations
Center through the individual departments within Task Force 7
Task Force 7 EMS participants were
enlisted from the Agencies within TF7. They included:
- Sullivan County Ambulance Team
(SCAT)
- Putnam County Operation Life
(PCOL)
- Greene County Ambulance Service
- Terre Haute Fire Department
- Owen County EMS (OCEMS)
OCEMS Director Cris Lunsford was Task Force 7 EMS
Command during the exercise. He was responsible for all EMS
operations at the task force level and had a total of 15 personnel
at his disposal. He was in constant communication with the Task
Force 7 Emergency Operations Center. We were deployed for
approximately 36 at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in
southeastern Indiana. We had a unique opportunity to work with the
Armed Forces but civilian organizations from all over the midwest.
Needless to say it was a true learning experience for all of us. We
appreciated the opportunity to take part. Here are some photos of
the Urban Training Center.
Home Sweet Home for Indiana Task Force
7 during our deployment
Indiana Task Force 1 sets up for the
exercise
One of the search dogs that were
deployed with Task Force 7
EMS personnel from Owen County
taking a break between scenarios  | 
