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May 19, 2026 | Duluth, MN
Thank you to the approximately 75 participants who joined the Northeast MN Healthcare Coalition for the recent Operation Cold Roost exercise, held the morning of the Under One Roof Conference in Duluth.
Participants worked through a realistic, cold-weather emergency scenario at fictitious jurisdictional tables, including the State of Northmere, Ironpine County, City of Harbor Falls, and Cedar Narrows with the goal of practicing coordination, communication, information sharing, resource requests, public messaging, and response decision-making during a complex incident. This included facilitated discussion, and completing documents like ICS forms and other documentation to blend discussion and functional components.
Exercises like Operation Cold Roost help strengthen regional partnerships before emergencies happen and support a more prepared, coordinated, and resilient healthcare response system across Northeastern Minnesota and more broadly.
Thank you to all participating agencies, partners, controllers, evaluators, and exercise staff for helping make this exercise a success! We are stronger together.