Emergency Drills

We can't guarantee emergencies won't happen, but we can be ready for them.

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00:00: [Foreboding orchestral music]; [Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
00:22: [Music]; [Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance (Land of Hope and Glory)]
00:32: This is New Albion on Mars
00:36: New Albion is vitally dependent; on what is practically a
00:40: very small volume of life-sustaining air.
00:45: Envelope (also called 'hull') breaches or; atmospheric contamination would very quickly
00:51: lead to casualties at New Albion, so we; train to mitigate these risks.
00:57: Very basic training must be done frequently; by all colonists as a Community Service task.
01:06: Basic fire, air pollution, and breach response; training activities are done at least monthly.
01:14: These are usually very brief seminar-style events.
01:19: Once every 3 months an entire Way conducts
01:23: a full-scale fire, air-pollution, or; hull-breach exercise.
01:28: The exercise is preceded by training,; watched online by neighbouring Ways, and
01:34: is followed by a discussion review.
01:37: The after-party is usually quite popular.
01:42: We take the business of ensuring; community safety very seriously, but
01:46: have fun at the same time.
01:50: We can't guarantee emergencies won't; happen, but we can be ready for them.
01:56: [Dissonant clashing orchestral music]; [Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
02:15: [orchestral music continues]