Press Release

For Immediate Release

 RE:                   School Terrorism Exercise June 2006

 The Grinnell Police Department in partnership with the following agencies and partners:

City of Grinnell

City of Searsboro

Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office

Marshalltown Police Department

Marshall County Emergency Management

Jasper County Emergency Management

Brownell’s Inc.

Grinnell Regional Medical Center

Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance

Eastern Poweshiek Ambulance

Midwest Ambulance

American Red Cross Iowa River’s Chapter

Grinnell Fire Department

Searsboro Fire Department

Brooklyn Fire Department

City of Brooklyn

Iowa Department of Homeland Security

Poweshiek County Emergency Management

Several Other area partners

 

 will be holding a joint regional School Terrorism Exercise from June 8 – June 10th, 2006.  This exercise will include phases of preparedness education and planning that will evolve into a real time live drill exercise on Saturday June 10, 2006. 

This drill exercise project started last year with a tremendous amount of work between then and now, planning and preparing for this event.  The primary funding for this exercise was provided through a School Violence Grant received by the Grinnell/Newburg Community School System and area Homeland Security Funds. 

The drill exercise design is framed to exercise and test Central Iowa’s ability to respond to a mass causality terrorist incident that will challenge our agency interoperability and our communication infrastructures.  This concept involves documenting deficiencies and preparing an ongoing plan to improve any problem areas. 

The media is invited to attend on June 10, 2006 starting at 7:30 am.  If anyone is interested in more information, please contact Jeffrey A. Hughes, Project Director at the above information.

  

Jeffrey A. Hughes

Drill 2006 Project Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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