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Little Rock National Airport to Conduct Emergency Preparedness Exercise
04/26/2010
For Immediate Release
MEDIA CONTACT:
T.J. Williams, Manager, Media and Marketing
Little Rock National Airport
501-537-7359,
twilliams@fly-lit.com
Little Rock National Airport to Conduct Emergency Preparedness Exercise
Residents should not be alarmed by emergency activity going on at Little Rock National Airport tomorrow, April, 26. The airport is conducting a full-scale, triennial emergency preparedness exercise which is required by the FAA for certification purposes.
Emergency plan exercises are designed to test the effectiveness of the airport’s emergency plan and, in addition, provide training to emergency personnel responding to airport emergency incidents.
Represented in the exercise will be local fire, police and other first responders, who will coordinate their response to the simulated emergency.
Normal airport operations will not be affected. Regular flights will operate as scheduled.
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Media interested in observing the exercise may do so by calling T.J. Williams at 837-0850. Media should plan to meet at the Customer Care Center on the second level for escort to the observation area. Terry Hastings of the Little Rock Police Department will be the media escort for the event. To see the full airport media guide,
click here