OCC testing plan and needs help

A note from Oxfordshire County Council:

“On Thursday 13th November we are running a Humanitarian Assistance Centre (HAC) exercise at Kings Centre, Osney Mead, Oxford,OX2 0ES from 10:00-14:30. There is free parking, or it is a short walk from train station or city centre. We will be providing drinks and refreshments.

We need to exercise our plan to ensure that we are prepared should we need to activate it and train those who would respond. A HAC is the centre that is set up 24/48 hours after an incident to support those affected to contact their insurance company, access accommodation (after first emergency night in a hotel), replace items such as walking frames, train passes, bus passes. Those affected may have lost everything or simply their wallet or mobile phone.

We need people to play the evacuees and attend the centre for an hour or for the whole session. You will be given a role card and be asked to come into the centre and be looked after and hopefully have your problems on your role card resolved. We want people of all ages, so you are welcome to bring a parent, a partner, friends, children. Those attending all day will be given lunch.

If you are able to help please respond to with any useful information such as languages spoken, if you use mobility equipment, age range, dietary requirements etc so that we can make the exercise as realistic as possible and include what times you can attend for on the day.

The only way for us to be fully prepared is to train and exercise and we would really appreciate your support to make this exercise a success.”