Emergency Training Exercise (Cont'd) June 20, 2006 Mock From 1A Authority bus and several Army Humvees to take the wounded to the Army Reserve's 328th Combat Support Hospital, currently set up for training in Business Depot Ogden. Weber County's mobile command center was parked nearby, offering instant wireless access to telephones, radio and the county dispatch center. Officials coordinated with neighborhood emergency personnel and local Community Emergency Response Teams to provide service to the injured and to alert the community to any danger. Sewer plant risks Marriott-Slaterville Mayor Keith Butler said the Weber County sewer treatment plant could be a risk if a disaster hit. "In every mass casualty there is an element of confusion." Lt. Col. PATIENCE WENCK, chief nurse for the 328th "You can't stop that sewer from coming down," he said. "And there's the tanks of chlorine. We feel this is one of the things where we could really be in trouble." Tuesday's scenario included a ruptured chlorine storage tank, requiring an evacuation within a half-mile of the plant. Lance Peterson, director of Weber County Emergency Services and Homeland Security, said that evacuation would be a top priority because of the damage chlorine gas can cause. The gas, which was used in several World War I attacks, damages the lungs and airways and can be fatal. ALAN MURRAY/Standard-Examiner Spc. Anna White (left) prepares Spc. Josh Bowles' face with injuries for a mock exercise conducted by the Army Reserve's 328th Combat Support Battalion at the Business Depot in Ogden on Tuesday. Personal preparation In case of an evacuation, shelters would need to be provided, said Amanda Lindseth, emergency services director for the Red Cross of Northern Utah. Shelters could be set up in schools or other large buildings but need to have a certain number of showers and toilets. She warned that evacuation shelters, the first place people go after a disaster, generally have only the bare essentials, which is why people should have their own 72-hour kits to take with them. Along with the earthquake drill, the military hospital trained with Life Flight medical helicopter crews from McKay-Dee Hospital. Several soldiers acted as victims while the helicopter shuttled back and forth from BDO to the hospital. Lt. Col. Patience Wenck, chief nurse for the 328th, said having her staff practice with local emergency crews in a hectic emergency situation is a benefit to both parties. "In every mass casualty there is an element of confusion," she said as soldiers quickly moved patients around on two-wheeled litters. "Each situation and patient is different. This is a good training." Peterson said the practice was successful and it was helpful to walk through the process with Marriott-Slaterville's emergency personnel. He said it was also good for the county EMTs who participated, as well as the helicopter crews. "I think Life Flight had a good practice trying to load up and transport patients as fast as they could," he said.