Clark County Emergency Management Hosting SIMCOM Exercise May 18th and 19th
Friday, May 6th, 2016 -- 10:26 AM
-Clark County Emergency Management will be hosting the State Interoperable Mobile Communications Exercise, or SIMCOM, at the Clark County Fairgrounds on May 18th and 19th.SIMCOM 2016 will include federal, state, county, tribal, local and volunteer agencies, as well as out-of-state participants and military communication assets. Funding for the exercise is provided by the Department of Homeland Security Grant Program. The Wisconsin National Guard will also be participating in the exercise. The exercise is designed to display, educate and test mobile emergency communications from federal, state, tribal, local governments and volunteer agencies.
The goal is to develop relationships and understand the capabilities of other agencies before they are needed in a real emergency. Specific operations being tested this year include data sharing, radio frequency bridging and patching, and network failures. Resident and visitors to the Neillsville area should expect to see increased traffic in the area in and around the Fairgrounds during the two days of the event. Activities are scheduled to take place between 7:00AM and 4:00PM both days.
Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.