Joint Coordination Centers Throughout Salah Ad Din Province Tested
Tikrit, Iraq -- Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division and Iraqi officials met Oct. 27 at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center here to assess a recent three-day exercise that tested the emergency response capabilities of local services.
The Salah Ad Din Province JCC Readiness Exercise was the brainchild of Capt. Jose H. Ocasio, the Iraqi Security Forces coordinator for the 2nd BCT, 1st ID. Ocasio said the local JCCs throughout Salah Ad Din as well as the provincial one headquartered in Tikrit serve 1.4 million Iraqis. A JCC is located in every major city of the province to include Tikrit, Bayji, Samarra, Balad, Ad Dujayl, Ad Dawr, Tuz and Ad Duluyiah. A JCC is currently under construction in Ash Sharqat.
The exercise which was conducted Oct. 25 to 27 had several objectives. While it measured the local and provincial JCCs' communications and reactionary capabilities, it also showed what areas needed improvement. JCC staff were trained on procedures and given a common understanding of them.
Staff at the JCCs throughout the province were given 12 crisis scenarios to handle during a course of 72 hours, from terrorists firing on a peaceful demonstration to a report of a car bomb.
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