{"id":266595,"date":"2025-04-10T09:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=266595"},"modified":"2025-04-10T11:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:02:50","slug":"ellard-and-porter-participate-in-emergency-exercise-by-vdh-and-vdem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2025\/04\/10\/ellard-and-porter-participate-in-emergency-exercise-by-vdh-and-vdem\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellard and Porter Participate in Emergency Exercise by VDH and VDEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_266597\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Chris-Porter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266597\" class=\"wp-image-266597 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Chris-Porter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Chris-Porter.jpg 150w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Chris-Porter-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Chris-Porter-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Chris-Porter-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Chris-Porter-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-266597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assistant Dean of Students CJ Porter<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_266596\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Ellard_Brandy-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266596\" class=\"wp-image-266596 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Ellard_Brandy-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Ellard_Brandy-.jpg 150w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Ellard_Brandy--70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Ellard_Brandy--100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Ellard_Brandy--50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Ellard_Brandy--75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-266596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director of Emergency Management\/Safety Brandy Ellard<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"employeeTitle\">Director of Emergency Management\/Safety Brandy Ellard and Assistant Dean of Students CJ Porter participated in a Hybrid Tabletop Exercise facilitated by Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) recently. The topic was a local drinking water emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"employeeTitle\">The exercise provided a platform to openly discuss actions the City of Fredericksburg would need to take should they encounter such a situation,. There was an emphasis on communication and messaging, collaboration across many agencies and private stakeholders, identifying and addressing gaps, and broadening their network to ensure they can best serve the City of Fredericksburg.\u00a0 The City was one of over 20 localities across the Commonwealth taking part in the exercise, providing participants an opportunity to gain perspectives from the various regions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_266598\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/20250402_091512-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266598\" class=\"wp-image-266598 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/20250402_091512-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/20250402_091512-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/20250402_091512-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/20250402_091512-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/20250402_091512-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/20250402_091512-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-266598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ellard and Porter participate in emergency exercise with the City of Fredericksburg on a local drinking water emergency.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"employeeTitle\">Also participating were members from City Public Works, Deputy City Manager, UMW Emergency Management, UMW Housing and Dining, MWH, City Communications Office, the Rappahannock Area Health District and City Emergency Management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director of Emergency Management\/Safety Brandy Ellard and Assistant Dean of Students CJ Porter participated in a Hybrid Tabletop Exercise facilitated by Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) recently. 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