Mississippi State hosts emergency training drill on June 6
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥Mississippi State鈥檚 Crisis Action Team will host an emergency preparedness exercise, a training to drill university first-responders, decision-makers and partnering community agencies on a hypothetical emergency scenario this Friday [June 6].
Students, visitors and other members of the campus community are advised that emergency vehicles and first responders will be utilizing the space at Partnership Middle School on the north side of campus Friday morning for training purposes. The school is not in session, and Starkville Oktibbeha School District leaders are participating in the training exercise.
鈥満诹仙 welcomes the chance for our university responders and other first responders like local fire and rescue departments to come together for training purposes because this type of drill does help prepare for optimized response in an actual emergency,鈥 said 黑料社 Emergency Manager Brent Crocker.
Learn more about emergency preparedness, including 黑料社鈥檚 Maroon Alert system, at , where training and resources also are available.
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