Emergency exercises and drills may look like fun and games, but they are serious work. Drills and exercises provide interactive hands-on training and discussion among participants to help them plan their actions in the event of an actual emergency.

Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) coordinated and participated in numerous training, drills and exercises in 2016 including

• Confined space exercise with Ames Fire Department at the ISU Power Plant
• IT leadership tabletop exercise
• ISU senior leadership and Critical Incident Response Team tabletop exercise
• Student Health tabletop exercise
• Athletics Event Staff training and tabletop exercise
• Department of Residence Weather Awareness and AED presentation
• ISU Foundation Severe Weather Awareness training
• Storm Spotter training in conjunction with the National Weather Service
• ISU Lab School Preschool Home Fire Safety talk
• Industrial Design 302 class Disaster Challenges presentation

Over 500 faculty, students, and staff at Iowa State University participated in an emergency preparedness training, exercise or drill to improve the health and safety of our campus.