Stutsman Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist

Stutsman Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist

Jamestown (CSi)   Several emergency response agencies will be participating today in a full-scale emergency exercise at Jamestown Regional Airport.

Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist says, the exercise will start at about 6:30 p.m. and take place primarily on Airport property.

Bergquist points out  the public will need to take some precautions during this exercise.

For safety reasons and to avoid traffic congestion, law enforcement officials will be restricting airport access to only emergency response vehicles and personnel as well as those having a specific need to be on airport property. Airport access restrictions will be in place for the length of the exercise which is scheduled to end at about 8:30 p.m.

The exercise has been designed to test the airport’s emergency operations plan and resource capabilities as well as the response capabilities of local response agencies in the event of an aviation-related accident. Some of the “victims” will be transported to the JRMC where a secondary emergency exercise will take place.

Organizations participating include: Jamestown Regional Airport, Sky West Airlines, Jamestown Police Department, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, ND Highway Patrol, Jamestown Fire Department, Jamestown Rural Fire Department, Jamestown Area Ambulance, Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Central Valley Health District, American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Freedom Resource Center, Stutsman County Communications, and Stutsman County Emergency Management.