Massive public safety drills in Boston Saturday

[redcolumbine.livejournal.com]

On Saturday, the area will host Urban Shield: Boston, a 24-hour training exercise that simulates large-scale public safety incidents in the metro-Boston area. Urban Shield: Boston will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday and conclude at 8 a.m. Sunday. It will include personnel from the City of Boston, (including Boston Police, Fire, and EMS) Metro-Boston Homeland Security Region, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals and UMass Boston, and the United States Coast Guard. This exercise will assess each team’s ability to successfully respond to, and manage, public safety events and other emergencies occurring simultaneously throughout the Boston area.

Full details here.

(Insert requisite grumbling about costly security theatre here)

Comments

[tikva.livejournal.com]

Was that the thing at the Galleria? I found it pretty eye-opening. Of course, I was the only one who brought a dog, so my experience might have been a little different. ;)