'Operation Sunset'

Photos by IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS- Above, Ryan Burgess, a surge planning coordinator for the Hospital Association of Southern California, demonstrates how to open and secure a decontamination tent during "Operation Sunset," a 24 hour emergency preparedness drill for emergency and healthcare personnel at Freedom Park on Wednesday. It was the first 24-hour emergency drill in Ventura County and included demonstrations, classes and shift changes.

At right, Marjorie Adams, a central supply manager at St. Johns Regional Medical Center, left, and Arnold Savage, a disaster planner at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center, attach shower hoses to a decontamination tent during the drill.