by cortez » Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:48 am
I don't know if this has been posted already<br><br>seems like we should be looking for where the drills are<br><br>(got this link from cloakanddagger)<br><br><br>--------------<br><br><br>N.C. sites to be part of summer terrorism drill<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031781660453">www.journalnow.com/servle...1781660453</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS<br><br><br>SHALLOTTE - The largest terrorism drill in North Carolina history is being planned for August and will include a mock attack on the Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal in Brunswick County.<br><br>Officials said Wednesday the drill will stretch from Fort Bragg to Morehead City in the state's central coast area to Brunswick County on the southeastern coast.<br><br>Emergency and law-enforcement units from Virginia to South Carolina have been invited to participate, as have those from the seven counties that surround Fort Bragg. Participation by military personnel and equipment will hinge on their availability.<br><br>The exercise is thought to be the first to test the new National Response Plan that takes effect next month and requires coordination among local, state and federal officials in terrorism and emergency response.<br><br>The idea came from Fort Bragg and the FBI, said Andy Albright, an exercise facilitator and civilian employee of the Coast Guard in Wilmington. Other military bases and state and local agencies were invited to join.<br><br>Planning for the drill has been going on for a year, Albright said.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>The exercise is to begin with a weapons of mass destruction drill</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> at Fort Bragg with some of the perpetrators escaping. Other events will occur over the next three days at or near other military bases in eastern North Carolina, at the State Port in Morehead City and in the Pamlico Sound.<br><br>There will be a May 17 workshop in Morehead City to help prepare those who will participate and a July exercise to test communications before the August events, Albright said.<br><br>Randy Thompson, Brunswick County's emergency services director, said it has been 31/2 years since local emergency management has tested its response to a situation at Sunny Point.<br><br>The last time was when a boat loaded with munitions caught fire and burned at the terminal, the largest military munitions shipping point in the United States. <p></p><i></i>
