WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Area and regional first responders will be training for emergency response at a southern Illinois airport.
According to the Williamson County Emergency Management Agency, the full-scale emergency response exercise will be at Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois on Saturday, May 30 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
They say the training will simulate an aircraft incident involving fire and mass casualties at the airport.
It’s part of mandatory training required every three years by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The training will involve area firefighters, law enforcement agencies, EMS crews, airport authority personnel, hospitals and more.
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Residents around the airport will notice many emergency vehicles, personnel and activity during the training.
They reminded the public that this is only an exercise, there is no actual emergency.
According to the Williamson County EMA, there will be no impact to scheduled commercial flights or airport operations.
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