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Emergency preparedness exercises in Northern Ky.

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Ky. (Scott Dimmich) -- Communication is critical in a disaster, and that's why Northern Kentucky emergency managers and partners held an exercise to start the summer and open up lines of communication. Campbell County Emergency Management Director William Turner said, "Not only does it show us what's available and how it will work, it also allows people to get together, get to know each other, and work together, so that they won't be strangers when a bad thing is happening." Thanks to the exercise, Turner discovered he can request this a mobile emergency operations center from Kentucky's 123rd Airlift Wing for events and weather-related disasters. "What this provides is interoperable communications and the ability to have the local authorities come on board and provide them with a good work environment to manage a stressful situation," said Staff Sergeant Eric Finley, Emergency Manager for the 123rd Airlift Wing in Louisville, Kentucky. Emergency management partners also practiced with communication tools used in disasters, including radios, Internet access, and amateur radio. "If other communications have failed, we supply communications to the State Emergency Operations Center or Emergency Operations Centers throughout the region so that they can connect with their other partners," said Cecil Dennis, District Emergency Coordinator for District 7 ARES. The exercise was helpful in not only learning new technologies but also for addressing problems. William Rason, lieutenant with the Civil Air Patrol, said, "A lot of this is an opportunity for us to get together, to try our communication systems, to find out what doesn't work, what need to be updated, what processes we can improve, and to network with the professionals and volunteers involved in emergency management." Turner said, "I think everyone is just impressed with what assets we can bring, what's available to us, that way if something does happen, we're prepared and not alone. Follow Scott Dimmich on Twitter @scottdimmich, and LIKE him on Facebook.