North Central Public Health District is participating in the Oregon Health Authority’s Statewide Medical Countermeasures exercise, Operation OX 2019. The exercise will help the district improve its plan to provide medications or vaccinations when needed. As part of the exercise, they will be test an open Point of Dispensing on May 1 at Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue on 1400 West 8th in The Dalles. The public is invited join in between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. that day for a drive-through simulation. No medication/vaccination will be given at the exercise; instead the first 75 participants will receive a free mini first-aid kit.