FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLIC RELEASE:
AUSTIN, Texas (May 16, 2022) – A large emergency incident response training exercise is taking place in Austin, May 16-20. Multiple city, county, state and federal government agencies will participate.
While simulated training activity will be taking place at Camp Mabry, local staff and visitors may see unusual-looking training activity.
Setup for a simulated explosion will take place on the parade field Monday, May 16, and will include mannequins to simulate incident victims. More than 50 first responders with dozens of fire, police, EMS and other emergency response vehicles will be on the installation Tuesday, May 17, for training exercise play.
Responders will be in varying levels of PPE, including firefighters in full turnout gear and participants in “moon suit”-like gear.
Call Austin 3-1-1 for more information on the exercise or visit the Austin Homeland Security and Emergency Management News Site: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/news/3664, or follow @AustinHSEM and @NNSANews on Twitter for updates.
The mission of the Texas Military Department (TMD) is to provide the Governor and the President with ready and trained forces in support of the citizens of Texas and State and Federal civil/military authorities at home and abroad. The Texas Military Department is commanded by the Adjutant General of Texas, the state's senior military official appointed by the governor, and is comprised of the Office of State Administration (formerly the Office of the Executive Director), the Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG), the Texas Air National Guard (TXANG) and the Texas State Guard (TXSG). For more information about the Texas Military Department visit our Website at https://tmd.texas.gov.