MEDIA ADVISORY
Ontario International Airport to Conduct Emergency Response Disaster Drill
| WHAT: | Ontario International Airport (ONT) will conduct a full-scale emergency exercise to test the effectiveness of the airport's emergency plan, provide a realistic training scenario for emergency response personnel, and determine the effectiveness of outside agency capabilities in response to an aircraft emergency. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires FAA certificated airports such as ONT to hold an exercise a minimum of once every three years to review and evaluate the airport's ability to respond to an actual emergency. The emergency scenario will be announced at the time of the exercise. The City of Ontario fire and police departments and other mutual aid support agencies are scheduled to participate. |
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| WHERE: | Ontario International Airport 1940 East Moore Way, Terminal 1 Ontario, CA 91761 Exercise will be held on the airfield. Event participants and media personnel must check in at Terminal 1. An observation area will be made available to invited observers and the media. The exercise is not open to the public. |
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| WHEN: | Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Registration begins at 4:30 p.m. Exercise begins at 6 p.m. and concludes at 7 p.m. Parking available in Parking Lot F (parking validation available during registration) |
