Chicago terror drills update
Chicago area to host 5 days of emergency drills
The Illinois National Guard and local police, fire and transit departments are organizing a five-day series of drills set to test the Chicago-area’s emergency procedures in response to numerous simultaneous disasters, officials said today in a statement.
The drills are set to start today and last until Thursday.
“It is a full-scale exercise, so residents can expect to see emergency responders looking and acting as if this was a real homeland security/domestic response mission,” according a National Guard statement.
Officials said Toyota Park in southwest suburban Bridgeview will serve as a staging area for the exercise, while the Salvation Army in Elk Grove Village will serve as command centers.
The exercises will include:
- Today: The simulated crash in Oak Lawn of a jet on its way to Midway Airport.
- Tuesday: The takedown of a simulated methamphetamine lab at Green Street and York Road in Bensenville.
- Wednesday: Several simulated terrorist attacks in the Bensenville area. At some time between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., the CTA will conduct a train evacuation at 15th and Clark Streets due to a simulated explosion.
- Thursday: Another takedown in the Bensenville area and a simulated chemical explosion at a plant on Chicago‘s Southwest Side.
This article is a few weeks old. I read Chicago this weekend had like 55 shootings and a dozen of them killed. In one weekend?…Friday Saturday and Sunday.! Incredible.
When economic times are tough, just watch the inner cities like Chicago. It’s a gauge of what’s to come for the rest of America. Just wait until July for California because that’s when the money runs out and everything is cut to the bare bones.