University Park, Pa. -- On Wednesday evening (May 27) approximately 260 volunteers and emergency service personnel from across the greater State College and Bellefonte region converged on University Park Airport for a full-scale disaster drill. The emergency response exercise involved local police and fire departments, emergency medical services, the county HazMat teams and several local, state and federal government and community agencies, along with on-site airport response crews. Centre County emergency radio dispatchers also were involved in the exercise.
The Federal Aviation Administration requires all commercial airports to conduct full-scale, on-site exercises of emergency response plans every three years.
Photos from the drill are online at http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2078.