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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">April 14, 2022</p>
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<br />Airport Manager
<br />Columbia Regional Airport
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.817.5064
<br />Michael.Parks@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Local agencies to do emergency training exercise at Columbia Regional Airport April 19</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - The City of Columbia, along with the Boone County Office of Emergency Management, local law enforcement agencies, the Boone County Fire Protection District, Southern Boone County Fire Protection District and healthcare providers, will be holding an emergency training exercise at Columbia Regional Airport Tuesday, April 19, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. <br /><br />During the exercise, emergency personnel will respond to a simulated plane crash. Volunteers will act as crash victims while local EMS and law enforcement officials will respond as they would to a real emergency. <br /><br />This exercise allows community partners to prepare in case of a real emergency at Columbia Regional Airport. <br /><br />Those in attendance should expect to see emergency vehicles and personnel at Columbia Regional Airport during the exercise. <br /><br />The exercise will have no impact on scheduled flig
hts. <br /><br />If you are interested in volunteering for the exercise, please contact Christopher Kelley with the Boone County Office of Emergency Management at CKelley@boonecountymo.org or 573.554.7908.</div>
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