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FORT HOOD, Texas - Fort Hood and surrounding cities will hold their annual Force Protection Exercise, May 16-17, at various location on the installation.
The exercise will rehearse Fort Hood, local, state and federal emergency response procedures. Several agencies including on-post and neighboring community police, fire and medical personnel will respond to several emergencies throughout the two-day exercise.
The exercise consists of several incident locations, including areas of western Fort Hood along Clarke Road from the intersection of Highway 190 north to Comanche Village III, and eastern areas of Fort Hood vicinity Warrior Way Commissary, American Red Cross (Reynolds House), and Walker Village.
During the exercise, traffic control measures will be implemented in the vicinity of the incident locations which may result in short delays. Personnel unable to avoid travel near the incident locations should incorporate potential delays into travel plans and allow extra time for travel. Routine traffic on the installation is expected to experience minimal, if any, impact.
In addition to emergency response vehicles and personnel, residents may observe smoke or other visual or audio effects in the incident areas. The exercise should end in the afternoon on May 17.
During the exercise, the emergency warning system (loudspeakers) will be used to simulate commands, i.e. "Shelter in Place." All exercise instructions will be preceded and followed by "EXERCISE, EXERCISE, EXERCISE." Residents should not be alarmed and need not respond.
Media interested in covering the exercise must register here at the Fort Hood Press Center by 5 p.m., May 14. Gate time is 8:45 a.m., May 16. There will only be one convoy out to the site for the exercise.
The bulk of the activity will take place after 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. May 15. Media can register to cover the exercise for this day only.
| Date Taken: | 05.11.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 05.11.2012 16:06 |
| Story ID: | 88326 |
| Location: | FORT HOOD, TEXAS, US |
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