1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,850 the intent today was to put people in a , 2 00:00:02,860 --> 00:00:05,082 in as much of a reward situation as you 3 00:00:05,082 --> 00:00:07,540 can in training where there had been a 4 00:00:07,540 --> 00:00:09,770 large scale exposure due to a traumatic 5 00:00:09,770 --> 00:00:11,603 event with people that were both 6 00:00:11,603 --> 00:00:13,770 injured and exposed to organophosphate 7 00:00:13,770 --> 00:00:15,603 chemical agent that's gonna have 8 00:00:15,603 --> 00:00:17,437 tremendous effects on the body . 9 00:00:19,850 --> 00:00:22,430 The guard's role in today's event 10 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,830 started a while back . One of the 11 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,710 briefers on day one said during a 12 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,110 incident of like mass casualties or 13 00:00:31,110 --> 00:00:33,332 mass destruction that impacts the state 14 00:00:33,332 --> 00:00:35,443 is the worst time to learn about each 15 00:00:35,443 --> 00:00:37,610 other . We are the state of Oklahoma's 16 00:00:37,610 --> 00:00:39,970 Homeland security disaster response to 17 00:00:40,180 --> 00:00:42,670 no one agency has the resources to 18 00:00:42,670 --> 00:00:44,892 handle everything that they're going to 19 00:00:44,892 --> 00:00:46,948 face in a large scale incident . But 20 00:00:46,948 --> 00:00:49,114 together we do and those resources are 21 00:00:49,114 --> 00:00:48,960 coming to bear with one organized 22 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,127 training system , one common voice and 23 00:00:51,127 --> 00:00:53,182 one set of policies , procedures and 24 00:00:53,182 --> 00:00:55,349 guidelines . That's what the rims team 25 00:00:55,349 --> 00:00:57,516 does . It takes agencies from all over 26 00:00:57,516 --> 00:00:57,470 the state . It puts them together , it 27 00:00:57,470 --> 00:00:59,637 trains them together , it teaches them 28 00:00:59,637 --> 00:01:01,692 how to respond together . So when we 29 00:01:01,692 --> 00:01:03,692 get deployed , which in the last 15 30 00:01:03,692 --> 00:01:05,748 years the rims team have been at any 31 00:01:05,748 --> 00:01:07,914 large scale event that's ever happened 32 00:01:07,914 --> 00:01:07,190 in Oklahoma . You've had a rims , 33 00:01:07,916 --> 00:01:10,083 There's multiple rims across the state 34 00:01:10,083 --> 00:01:12,083 of Oklahoma and they do really well 35 00:01:12,083 --> 00:01:14,456 working internally . What we don't have 36 00:01:14,456 --> 00:01:16,400 a lot of opportunities to do is to 37 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,178 bring them all together to work 38 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:20,326 together to include the 63rd CST . 39 00:01:20,336 --> 00:01:22,669 Because we are a state asset . You know , 40 00:01:22,669 --> 00:01:24,725 63rd CST is very much so an asset to 41 00:01:24,725 --> 00:01:26,836 the state . The civil support team is 42 00:01:26,836 --> 00:01:28,836 now standing organization that I've 43 00:01:28,836 --> 00:01:31,058 been very fortunate to be a part of for 44 00:01:31,058 --> 00:01:33,058 quite some time . And within that , 45 00:01:33,058 --> 00:01:36,862 it's always a real privilege to be able 46 00:01:37,252 --> 00:01:39,482 to go out and interact with the 47 00:01:39,482 --> 00:01:42,252 communities that members of the civil 48 00:01:42,252 --> 00:01:44,308 support team actually come from . We 49 00:01:44,308 --> 00:01:46,530 have the ability to help the people who 50 00:01:46,530 --> 00:01:48,252 helped raise us . So those are 51 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,760 indescribable feeling to be able to 52 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,927 know that these are the people who are 53 00:01:52,927 --> 00:01:55,038 going to be treating the ones that we 54 00:01:55,038 --> 00:01:57,260 actually care about as the deputy state 55 00:01:57,260 --> 00:01:59,427 surgeon . Like it's not just about the 56 00:01:59,427 --> 00:01:58,950 medical assets that we have in the 57 00:01:58,950 --> 00:02:01,150 military , it's also those that are 58 00:02:01,150 --> 00:02:03,840 statewide . How can we utilize those or 59 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,729 incorporate those to , you know , 60 00:02:05,729 --> 00:02:08,060 improve or strengthen our own medical 61 00:02:08,060 --> 00:02:10,920 capabilities for when the time comes 62 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:12,290 that we must call upon those .