A bomb scare causes a stampede and a partial collapse at the National Stadium; a damaged oil tanker spilling oil off Oistins; a tsunami off the South Coast and a hurricane on the way.
These were a few of the scenarios addressed during Exercise Tradewinds 2012 Tuesday as part of its command-post exercise, which took place over the past two days.
This exercise, a first in the 28 years of Exercise Tradewinds, took place over several locations such as The Crane Resort in St Philip as the exercise control group, where the scenarios were generated; Grantley Adams International Airport as the joint operations centre, Department of Emergency Management (DEM) headquarters as the national emergency operations centre, and Coast Guard headquarters HMBS Pelican as the maritime operation centre. It also included training operations at Barbados Defence Force (BDF) headquarters Paragon and various smaller locations.
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