Each year, the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) Office of Emergency Management (OEM) conducts disaster-related exercises throughout the nation at strategic hubs, known as Federal Coordinating Centers (FCC), intended for receiving and coordinating patient care.
For calendar year 2025, the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS) kicked-off the season’s first large FCC exercise at the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport on March 25 in Little Rock, Arkansas. More than 100 representatives from VHA, Department of Defense, Arkansas Department of Emergency Management and Department of Health, the Little Rock Airport and more took to the severity of a mass casualty scenario requiring federal patient movements during a natural disaster.
(Video by Kurt Rauschenberg, VHA OEM Public Affairs, and Tech.Sgt. Christopher Sherlock, 189th Airlift Wing).
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Author: U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
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