{"id":16448,"date":"2025-11-25T07:54:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/?p=16448"},"modified":"2025-11-25T07:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:54:32","slug":"emergency-drill-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/emergency-drill-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Drill a Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release from:<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\">\n<div class=\"AqHsXyHDaJkftojVaJjQfLgOZTdfADVeYIk\n        display-flex align-items-flex-start\n        update-components-actor--with-control-menu-and-hide-post\n\n        \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"update-components-actor__container\n          pr4\n          display-flex flex-grow-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"update-components-actor__meta\n            \"><span class=\"update-components-actor__title\"><span class=\"umOdWUBOUbBzxpsGpdNHbfkEPVSlZapYCD\n                  hoverable-link-text t-14 t-bold text-body-medium-bold white-space-nowrap\n                  t-black\n\n                  update-components-actor__single-line-truncate\"><span dir=\"ltr\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Benjamin M Murphy, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"update-components-actor__description text-body-xsmall\n                  t-black--light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Deputy Chief at East Windsor Police Department &amp; Deputy Director of Emergency Management\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"feed-shared-control-menu display-flex\n        feed-shared-update-v2__control-menu absolute text-align-right\n        feed-shared-update-v2--with-hide-post\n        \">This past\u00a0 Saturday, our department participated in the second annual town-wide Emergency Management drill.<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/drill25.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/drill25-200x150.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/drill25-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/drill25-400x300.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/drill25-600x450.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/drill25-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/drill25.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"feed-shared-control-menu display-flex\n        feed-shared-update-v2__control-menu absolute text-align-right\n        feed-shared-update-v2--with-hide-post\n        \">This included the Warehouse Point FD, Broad Brook FD, East Windsor Ambulance as well as our towns CERT team.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"feed-shared-control-menu display-flex\n        feed-shared-update-v2__control-menu absolute text-align-right\n        feed-shared-update-v2--with-hide-post\n        \">Prior to joining EWPD, my knowledge of Emergency Management consisted of operations only.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"feed-shared-control-menu display-flex\n        feed-shared-update-v2__control-menu absolute text-align-right\n        feed-shared-update-v2--with-hide-post\n        \">Now, as the designated EM Deputy Director, I have to manage a multitude of responsibilities that go beyond showing up and performing a task.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"feed-shared-control-menu display-flex\n        feed-shared-update-v2__control-menu absolute text-align-right\n        feed-shared-update-v2--with-hide-post\n        \">Training &amp; tactics have always been a strong point so planning, organizing and facilitating this event is\/was a labor of love.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"feed-shared-control-menu display-flex\n        feed-shared-update-v2__control-menu absolute text-align-right\n        feed-shared-update-v2--with-hide-post\n        \">I&#8217;m grateful for our town&#8217;s partnership with both Fire Departments (Warehouse Point &amp; Broad Brook ) , East Windsor Ambulance service as well as town officials who see the value in this training to fund and allow it to continue (now yearly).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"feed-shared-control-menu display-flex\n        feed-shared-update-v2__control-menu absolute text-align-right\n        feed-shared-update-v2--with-hide-post\n        \">As the saying goes, &#8220;By failing to prepare, you are preparing for failure&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>The <em>East Windsor Chamber of Commerce<\/em> would like to Thank All of Our 1st Responders for the work they perform for the benefit of Our Community- East Windsor &#8220;Where the Sun Rises&#8221; 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