| FEMA and six New England states take part in large-scale disaster exercise The US Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and emergency management teams from six New England States have been participating in ‘Operation Yankee’ this week, one of the largest disaster preparedness exercises ever held in New England. The two-day exercise, which started on Wednesday at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, was designed to enhance and develop federal, state and tribal response, coordination and preparedness for both a natural and man-made disaster. The exercise focussed on the impending landfall of a category four hurricane along the New England coast. This coincided with a simultaneous bio-terrorism event in the region. The exercise played out the first two days of the incident. In subsequent years, the exercise will be continued to further develop the scenario. The exercise included emergency management teams from the states of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. In future years it will expand to include New York, New Jersey and the eastern Canadian provinces.
•Date:
8th August 2003 • Region: N. America
•Type: Article •Topic:
Emergency
planning
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