b"Crisis Communications Drills NCTTRAC conducts monthly regional communications drills as a multi-tiered effort to bolster communications interoperability throughout the region and identify areas for improvement.Multiple communications methods are utilized to provide participants with a structured and versatile performance platform to ensure that lesser used skills are addressed.Participation is tracked on a quarterly basisfacilities and agencies with a signed HPPLetterofAgreementareQuarterly Participation - HPP YR 16-17required to participate in at least one drill per quarter.After a brief80.00%dip in participation in quarters 170.00%and2,participationskyrocketed to 69.67% in quarter 3.Overall,60.00%redundantcommunicationsdrill50.00%participationhasbeentrending40.00%upoverthelast fewyears.For FY20, NCTTRAC will begin tracking30.00%thepercentageoforganizations20.00%whotestatleast3methodsof10.00%redundantcommunication capabilityaswellasoverall0.00% HPP YR 16 HPP YR 16 HPP YR 16 HPP YR 16 HPP YR 17 HPP YR 17 HPP YR 17 HPP YR 17participation in the drills.Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Mobile Emergency Response Communications (MERC) Trailers NCTTRAC'sHPPassetsandtheteamsthatsupportthemareanintegralpartofemergency preparedness and disaster response. The MERC (Mobile Emergency Response Communications) trailerssupportedby theParkerCountyHospitalDistrict MERCTeam and MedicalCityNorth Division have set the standard in communications resiliency and command support. 36"