New Community Extended Care, 266 South Orange Ave., Newark, held a drill Dec. 4 to practice staff members’ responses to emergency situations. The first scenario was an active shooter in the building, the second was a flood that required an evacuation of second floor residents without the help of elevators and the third was the disappearance of a resident. Representatives from the Newark Office of Emergency Management and NCC Security were on hand to witness the drill and provide feedback on the procedures.
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- Extended Care Maintenance Supervisor Javon Edwards and Director of Nursing Debbie Ogundele in the incident command center during the drill.
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- Extended Care staff members practice bringing a patient down the stairs during the evacuation portion of the drill.
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- During the active shooter portion of the drill, Extended Care staff members subdued the perpetrator.
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- Extended Care staff members successfully found the missing patient during a drill Dec. 4.
