Y SEL KIM VE O: T PHO Above: The interagency communications center onsite at Balloon Fiesta Park. Dispatchers from multiple law enforce- ment agencies coordinate their activities in this facility. Below: Albuquerque Fire Department medical first responders Right: It's hard to miss these guys! all agencies are discussed, reviewed, and coordinated. Albuquerque Ambulance Service, New Mexico Mounted Some of the agencies that participate in these activities Search & Rescue, Bernalillo Office of Emergency include the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Management, the Public Service Company of New the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshal’s Mexico (providers of electrical power throughout NM) Office, 64th Combat Support Team, New Mexico State and the Garrity Group, which provides Public Affairs Police, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, Albuquerque services to the AIBF. Police Department, Rio Rancho Police Department, The goal of these Public Safety activities is to be Albuquerque Fire and Rescue, Lovelace Medical Center, able to meet any emergency that might occur at Balloon Fiesta Park during the event. These could include emergency response to a medical episode on the park, transporting the victim to the on-site Lovelace Medical Center (staffed with doctors and nurses) for care and then possible transport from Balloon Fiesta Park to a nearby medical facility should the condition of the victim warrant. The emergency might include even more complex scenarios that might warrant significant and coordinated responses from our suite of responding agencies. During the preparatory months leading up to the Balloon Fiesta, the Bernalillo County Office of Y Emergency Management develops and facilitates SEL a series of table-top exercises that provide opportunities for all agencies to describe their role KIM VE and responsibility for the incident. This allows the O: agencies to deconflict their roles and responsibilities T PHO and helps ensure a coordinated and prompt response. ® 210 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta