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goal is to do stress test drills once per year, per building. He said the drill is done and then the responses of the building occupants, first responders and security systems are evaluated. Commissioner Rich asked if the "Acts of God" can be changed to "Acts of nature", and Jeff Thompson said yes. Commissioner Pelissier asked how training of the EAP is done with employees of each building. Darshan Patel said there would be "zone wardens" identified and trained along with their department directors in a two day seminar. He said all other employees would be given written materials along with a one day seminar. He said there will also be reminder materials available in each building for employees to refer to. Commissioner Price asked if the zone wardens would have annual refresher courses. Darshan Patel said there will be a one day refresher each year, before the stress test drill is done. Commissioner McKee asked who would oversee the actual stress test. Jeff Thompson said it would be Asset Management. Commissioner McKee asked if the departments are going to be evaluated on performance and he expressed concern that he does not want this to bleed into personnel evaluations. He asked for details on what kind of evaluation would be done and what would be done to make improvements based on the evaluations. Frank Clifton said, in each case, the department director will identify the zone warden and would provide the necessary tools and plans. He said if this does not work, the plan will be adjusted; and if the chosen employee is not suitable, then someone else can be appointed. David Hunt said about a month ago there was a drill at the Library and the safe spot was across the street. He said it was determined, after the drill, that this was not a safe location because of having to cross a busy street. He said this will now probably be changed and this is an example of adapting based on the drills. Chair Jacobs asked about performance checking and maintenance on Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). Darshan Patel said there is a service contract with the vendor for all AEDs in the county. He said the systems are tested, maintained and certified on an annual basis. Chair Jacobs asked about signage and said that in some buildings it is not apparent where the AEDs are. Darshan Patel said all AEDs are now being put into a marked box with an overhead sign to mark the location. Chair Jacobs asked how safety is coordinated for the local sports facilities and open spaces. Archie Daniels said the threats now are so different than those of the past. He said that SWAT or SERT used to be the normal response team; however incidents often so quickly now. He said that factoring in and training for this type of quick response is part of this agenda. He said that the sheriff's office has been able to work with other departments to get up to date floor plans of county buildings and share them with the officers as part of rapid response training. He said there has been training for all local schools and now there is ongoing training for 35 different government buildings. He said that the desire is to have the Commissioners and the government employees to be aware of this training and to act without questioning in the event of an emergency. Jim Groves said that if there is a significant event at one of the sporting events, there is an incident accident plan for this as well. He said there are unified command posts at each of the sporting events.