An extremely important part of the Central States Communications Exercise is our vendor sponsorships. These sponsorships help keep this event free for our participants; many of which are are volunteers and/or have limited agency budgets allocated for training.
We encourage our vendor sponsors not just to stay at their booth, but also to go out on the exercise field to interact and visit with our responders. This allows for our responders to provide feedback on how products and services are utilized during real-world events.