Jamestown, ND  (KCSi-T.V. News May 10, 2013)  — Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergqist says,  local emergency response agencies will participate in a full scale law enforcement training exercise at Jamestown High School on Monday, May 13th. The exercise is designed to test the capabilities of both the school system and local response agencies in order to maximize the community’s response to crisis situations that may occur at the High School.

Bergquist points out, the excercise  is not related to the Teen CERT exercise that took place at the High School last week.  This  a law enforcement training exercise that was scheduled months ago. 

The exercise will involve a fictional High School intrusion. Emergency responders will simulate a response to a crime scene and volunteers pretending to be victims will be treated for fake injuries. The simulated emergency event will not be real; however, the simulated response will be as realistic as possible. Local law enforcement agencies, fire department, emergency medical services, and other emergency support agencies will be participating in the exercise.

The exercise will start at about 6:30 p.m. Monday evening and will take place on High School property. No school related events are scheduled at the High School during the time of the training exercise. As part of the exercise, the public will see vehicles from multiple emergency response agencies parked on High School property including law enforcement, fire, emergency medical and other emergency support agencies.

For safety reasons and to avoid traffic congestion, the public is asked to stay away from Jamestown High School property during the time of the training exercise which is scheduled to end at about 8:30 p.m. Law enforcement officials will be stopping non-essential traffic from entering the High School parking lot during that time.

Those organizations participating in the training exercise include: Jamestown High School, Jamestown Police Department, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, ND Highway Patrol, Jamestown Fire Department, Jamestown Area Ambulance, American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Stutsman County Communications, and Stutsman County Emergency Management.