Dallas Fire-Rescue to Participate in Full Scale Disaster Drill at Love Field

 

Date:
 

Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Time:
 

Exercise will run from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Set-up to begin at approximately 7:00 a.m.
 

Location:
 

Love Field

Details:
 

The City of Dallas Aviation, Fire-Rescue, and Police Departments will join employees from Southwest, Continental, and Delta Airlines to exercise Love Field’s plan to respond to emergencies involving a fallen aircraft with multiple injuries. This exercise is being held to fulfill certification requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration for commercial airports.

Media wishing to cover the exercise should enter the airport property on Cedar Springs Road, from Mockingbird Lane, and proceed to East Public Parking Lot. Space will be made available for vehicles, including live trucks. Personnel will be escorted to a media staging area on the field.  Representatives of participating agencies will be on site to provide information as the exercise progresses.

 For additional information contact Danielle McClelland @ 214-670-4456.