{"id":413830,"date":"2024-09-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=413830"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"2024-Konfitma-Training-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/2024-Konfitma-Training-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Konfitma Training underway"},"content":{"rendered":"

To better prepare CNMI frontliners to defend, protect, and rescue community members should situations like active shootings, mass care, and biochemical cleanups occur, an estimated 100 uniformed personnel yesterday took part in the kickoff of the 2024 Konfitma Training.<\/p>\n

Day 1 in the two-day training shot off with sirens and a blur of vehicles as frontliners raced to Kagman High School during an active school shooting and hostage simulation.<\/p>\n

Participating in the training were the CNMI Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, CNMI Public School System, Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Department of Public Safety, Commonwealth Ports Authority, Customs and Biosecurity, Commonwealth Utilities Corp., Commonwealth Healthcare Corp., and Bureau of Environmental Coastal Quality along with with Guam National Guard 94th WMD-CST and Wisconsin National Guard 54TH WMD-CST.<\/p>\n

CNMI HSEM spokesperson Bernard Villagomez said the drills for Day 1 of the 2024 Konfitma Training were successful.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scenarios went well. The active shooter scenario at Kagman High School was a success. The objectives for the drill were good. We were testing the readiness and response of the school staff and the students during an active shooter scenario and that went well. PSS was also testing the Emergency Operations Plan, their EOP, to test the effectiveness of the plan, and also the coordination and communication between all the multi-jurisdiction and partnering agencies that were to respond to an active shooter scenario at Kagman High School and PSS as a whole.\u201d he said<\/p>\n

Villagomez said KHS students were also a part of the lockdown situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a standard operating procedure for the school. We also had a designated hostage, which was a part of the plan, and the active shooter, which was also part of the scenario. The second objective for the exercise was the hostage situation and active shooter situation at the juvenile detention center in Kagman. So, the active shooter from the school fled to the former Kagman Juvenile Detention Center and that\u2019s where DPS and SWAT team responded to the incident. And then, we transported some of the patients from the juvenile detention center over to CHC, where they conducted mass care and decontamination. \u201c<\/p>\n

Villagomez went on to emphasize the significance of these kinds of training.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want a real-world situation like this to happen, but it\u2019s best that we practice and we exercise these drills so we\u2019re prepared if it does happen,\u201d he shared. \u201cIf it does happen in the future, we\u2019re more prepared to handle the situation and save lives and protect the CNMI community as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Department of Public Safety assistant chief of police Simon T. Manacop told Saipan Tribune that 40 of their personnel participated in the drill. He also echoed the importance of preparedness, especially among frontliners.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe importance of the drill is that we\u2019re able to test and evaluate our response. It allows us to identify gaps and deficiencies and the areas that need improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Villagomez shared that today\u2019s drill on Day 2 of the 2024 Konfitma Training will involve biochemical cleanups at the CUC storage site.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CNMI All Hazard Material Response Team goes to CUC to basically contain the spill of a chlorine leak. They will go through their standard operating procedures of what they were to do during a real-world scenario and they\u2019ll exercise it at the chlorine site. \u201c<\/p>\n

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Department of Public Safety personnel involved in the 2024 Konfitma Training respond to a simulated school shooting yesterday in Kagman.<\/p>\n

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CNMI frontliners undergo real-life scenario response for a school shooting and hostage situation as a part of 2024 Konfitma Training yesterday that took place at Kagman High School.<\/p>\n

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Local frontliners participating in the 2024 Konfitma Training practice mass care and the decontamination process for victims of a simulated school shooting at the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. on Navy Hill yesterday.<\/p>\n

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