“Amber Waves” Exercise Shares Lessons Learned for Radiation Response
Aug 29, 2014
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Alyson Jordan
During the last week in September 2012, the states of Kansas and Missouri hosted the “Amber Waves” full-scale population monitoring exercise in the Kansas City metro area to prepare for a response to a radiological terrorism event. Amber Waves was a series of events surrounding a radiological dispersal device (dirty bomb) incident. In addition to the full-scale population monitoring exercise, Amber Waves included a tabletop exercise, a workshop focusing on agricultural issues, and a workshop focused on interfacing with federal responders. The events successfully helped participants strengthen their capacity to respond to a radiological event and highlighted areas for improvements in future exercises.
