Rapid Impact Survey Exercise

The Rapid Impact Survey (RIS) is one of the most important services that the CERTs provide to the city.  While first responders are busy attending to fires or unrest, the CERTs may be available to provide significant situational awareness in the event of an earthquake, fire or other widespread incident.  This is the purpose and objective for the RIS.

A Rapid Impact Survey exercise will be held from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Saturday, September 12.   Briefly, with training, CERTs can find a buddy, notify the EOC, receive a zone assignment and run an infrastructure triage for that zone.  At the completion of the survey, this information is given to the IMT at the EOC for their consideration. 

Training is a requirement for this exercise, and we are planning two sessions, one on August 18 and one on August 20.  A separate notice and registration for the training is on the website.  If you have had previous RIS training, you should plan to attend one of these to receive updates on both a new protocol and a manual insert.  If this is your first RIS training, you will receive a manual at the training. 

The Issaquah Communications Support Team (ICST) will be activated for this exercise and will be an integral part of the RIS.  More information will be provided during the training.

If you would like to participate, please register for the exercise and training.  Note again, the registration for training is a separate event from the exercise and can be found on the website.

If you have questions, please email Bob Otis for more information.  Thank you for your participation.