Disaster response exercise begins Thursday
Posted : Tuesday Apr 29, 2008 5:27:05 EDT
Even Steven Spielberg never imagined this: Several terrorist attacks hit Washington state at the same time as a giant chemical spill in Oregon, while a Category 4 hurricane slams into the East Coast and American airspace is endangered across the map.
That’s the setup for National Level Exercise 2-08, a disaster response exercise planned for May 1-8 run by North American Aerospace Defense Command and Northern Command. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Homeland Security Department, U.S. Transportation Command, the National Guard and Canada Command will all be involved.
The exercise will test the agencies’ ability to work together in preparation for and reaction to a wide variety of natural and manmade disasters. Most of the action will take place in Washington state and Oregon.
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