Several emergency agencies from the South Metro Water Rescue Workgroup will participate in the workgroup’s first ice rescue exercise today in Fort Snelling State Park. The South Metro Water Rescue Workgroup provides a learning environment for multi-jurisdictional, multi-discipline agencies along the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers in the Twin Cities area. The group’s focus is to work together to learn the rivers and their surrounding bodies of water and how to operate tactically should an actual incident occur.
This exercise will simulate a response to a plane crash into icy Snelling Lake.
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WHO: |
South Metro Water Rescue Workgroup | |
| (A list of participating agencies is attached) | ||
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WHAT: |
Simulated plane crash in Snelling Lake | |
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WHERE: |
Media staging near the Officer’s Club | |
| Fort Snelling State Park | ||
| (The exercise itself will take place near the boat launch.) | ||
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WHEN: |
9:30 a.m., Thursday, February 28 | |
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WHY: |
For multiple agencies to learn how to work together to handle a large, multi-jurisdictional, ice rescue emergency. |
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Ice Rescue Exercise Participating Agencies
ALLINA HEALTH EMS
BURNSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
DAKOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – WATER PATROL
DAKOTA COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
EAGAN FIRE DEPARTMENT
HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – WATER PATROL
HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS FIRE DEPARTMENT
METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT
METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT
SAINT PAUL FIRE DEPARTMENT
SOUTH METRO FIRE DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – WATER PATROL (ASSISTING WITH EXERCISE SAFETY)
