SALEM, OR -- A four-day earthquake response exercise takes place across Oregon next week. It’s called IronOR-24 and it begins Monday.

More than 900 people will participate at 25 different venues, including in Deschutes County. The goal is to practice coordinating how the state would respond to a massive Cascadia Subduction Zone quake.

Officials say Central Oregon will play a critical role in coordinating and staging federal assets, if the western part of the state is cut off by blocked roads and poor communication.