Exercise at Airport

On Tuesday, September 18 Karen Diaper, Communications Officer with The Salvation Army's Public Relations Team, and Jason Waters, EDS Coordinator for Edmonton & Area, attended an exercise at the Edmonton International Airport in which Airport authorities and other responders and agencies rehersed their response to an airplane crash on airport property.

The Salvation Army EDS Team is a part of the airports emergency plan, and was invited to participate. The goals for EDS in this exercise were to practice escorting procedures for accessing the airport property where the Incident Command had been established.

Karen and Jason were able to observe responders as the rehersed their roles, including the arrival, landing, response and departure of the Stars Air Ambulance. The helicopter landed quite close to the EDS canteen as shown in the picture above.

Lunch!!

I would like to issue an open invitation to anyone interested to join me for a BBQ lunch and information session. Here's the details:

• Location: The Salvaton Army Edmonton Temple (9115 - 75 St. ~ corner of 75 St. and 90 Ave.)
• Time: 12 PM

Following lunch there will be information regarding what EDS does, the volunteer application process and ongoing volunteering with EDS.

All current volunteers, new volunteers and individuals interested in volunteering with EDS are encouraged to attend. Bring a friend or family member along!! Volunteering with someone else is a great idea!!

I hope to see YOU there!!

UPDATE:
SPECIAL GUESTS - MAJOR SANDY LANGER, DIVISIONAL SECRETARY FOR VOLUNTEERS; LAWRENCE JANSEN, EDMONTON POLICE SERVICE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

Welcome

In an effort to make it easier for EDS volunteers to access information related to training, events and other news we are now on Blogger and Facebook!!

In these locations you will be able to find information on training dates, opportunities to volunteer for planned events and other related information. Facebook will also have pictures from incidents, trainings and events - those won't be available on this blog.

To start off with, here is an upcoming volunteer opportunity:

1. September 18 @ 10am, a couple of volunteers might be needed for an exercise at Edmonton International Airport. More details will be available later next week.

Also, there will be a volunteer lunch and information session coming up this fall - likely in November. This will be an opportunity for all current, new and potential volunteers to get together, meet with the new coordinator, and to gain understanding of where EDS is heading in Edmonton over the next while. More information should be available shortly.