Don\u2019t be alarmed if you see scores of emergency vehicles and hear sounds of \u201cgunfire\u201d near TCU on the morning of Oct. 27.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just an emergency response exercise involving about 250 volunteers who portray disaster victims, hostages and spectators.<\/p>\n
Public safety agencies across North Texas will take part in a three-day training exercise called MetroX, beginning Monday. The full-scale emergency training, coordinated by the North Central Texas Council of Governments, will simulate terrorist attacks and mass casualty incidents in several local cities.<\/p>\n
MetroX is one of the largest regional exercises coordinated by the council\u2019s Emergency Preparedness Department and regional public safety teams, officials said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will help test our systems, plans and capabilities to ensure we are ready as a region for any large incident or disaster,\u201d Todd Little, executive director of the council of governments, said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The training will include hospitals, schools, dispatch centers, emergency managers and city officials. On-site responses training will occur at TCU\u2019s Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Plano Fire-Rescue Training Center in Plano and Frederick P. Herring Recreation Center in Lewisville.<\/p>\n
Residents may see and hear simulated gunfire, emergency vehicles, role players acting as victims and increased first responder activity near exercise locations, according to a council of governments news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Texas Christian University officials said they are sending out multiple messages and reminders to students, faculty and staff prior to the exercise.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey will come via email, newsletters, social media and our TCU Alert emergency mass notification system,\u201d Holly Ellman, TCU associate director of communications, said in an email. \u201cWe also sent a message to the city\u2019s neighborhood liaison to share the message with our neighbors so that they are not alarmed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eric E. Garcia is a senior business reporter at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at eric.garcia@fortworthreport.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n News decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n Fort Worth Report is certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative<\/a> for adhering to standards for ethical journalism.<\/p>\n Republish This Story<\/p>\n
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