Competition Will Consist of Several Simulated Crisis Events Throughout City and Region, Culminating with a Major Terrorist Attack Scenario
PHOTO-OP:
Simulations for large-scale event modeled after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai including a car explosion, a small robot used to disable bombs and a trained canine detecting an explosive device.
WHO:
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- Don McGough, Office of Emergency Management
- Superintendent Daniel Linskey, Boston Police Department
- Commissioner Rod Fraser, Boston Fire Department
- Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission
- Chief James Hooley, Boston EMS
- Teams of regional first responders including Special Weapons and Tactical (SWAT) and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR)
WHEN: TOMORROW!! Friday, May 20 at 3:30 PM
WHERE: Marine Industrial Park
3 Dolphin Way, South Boston
WHAT:
Mayor Thomas M. Menino will kick off Urban Shield: Boston, a 24-hour management and competitive training exercise simulating large-scale crisis events impacting the metro-Boston region and culminating with a large-scale event modeled after the terror attacks in Mumbai at the Marine Industrial Park in South Boston. The competition will begin Saturday morning at 8:00 AM and will include teams from the City of Boston, Metro-Boston Homeland Security Region, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island and Alameda County in California. The competition will assess each team’s ability to successfully respond to and manage multiple terrorist events and other emergencies occurring simultaneously throughout the Boston area.