Hawaii becomes Ground Zero for largest mass casualty exercise in history

‘Hawaii is preparing for massive casualties through the large scale exercise, Vigilant Guard 15. Complete with crisis actors, decontamination centers, and quarantine zones. In one scenario that played out, soldiers practiced treating casualties from a collapsed building as a fuel spill contaminated the area.

Using the Campbell Industrial Park as their staging ground the Hawaiian National Guard set up triage and decontaminated victims.

Vigilant Guard 15 utilized over 2,200 participants from multiple states reacting to a natural disaster and is the largest mass casualty exercise to date.’