HRRMC and Regional Agencies to Participate in Mass Casualty Incident Exercise

GRANITE, Colo.— Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center (HRRMC) and St. Vincent General Hospital District are sponsoring a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) functional exercise on Weds., June 11, 2025. This exercise will focus on decision-making, coordination, and integration with multiple jurisdictions/organizations during a large-scale bus crash scenario. The expected outcome of the exercise is to strengthen interagency and partner coordination during a response to an MCI.

 

The scenario will include two tour buses carrying vacationers traveling in opposite directions on Hwy. 24 in Granite, CO, with a crash that will block both directions of Hwy 24. There will be 32 occupants onboard each bus, including each driver. There will no physical “patients” partaking in the exercise.

 

The following agencies and organizations will participate in the exercise:

·         Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center

·         St. Vincent General Hospital District

·         St. Vincent EMS

·         Chaffee County EMS

·         Chaffee County & Lake County Dispatches

·         Lake County Fire

·         Chaffee County & Lake County Offices of Emergency Management

·         South Central Healthcare Coalition

HRRMC will have its own Incident Command activated, with several internal departments taking part in the exercise.

For more information on the exercise, please contact Emergency Management Coordinator Ryan Schiemo: (719) 530-2234 or ryan.schiemo@hrrmc.net.