[Scan-DC] Media Advisory: MCPD Emergency Services Unit to conduct search and rescue training exercise

[Alan Henney]

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Subject: Media Advisory: MCPD Emergency Services Unit to conduct search and 
rescue training exercise


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      DEPARTMENT OF POLICE

      PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE

      2350 RESEARCH BOULEVARD    ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND   20850-3294








      For Immediate Release
              For More Information:

      May 29, 2012
     Public Information Office




Media Advisory



MCPD Emergency Services Unit to Conduct Search and Rescue Training and 
Exercise



What:      Search and Rescue training and exercise



When:     Wednesday, May 30, 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 31, 12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Friday, June 1, 12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 2, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.



Where:    Wednesday - Friday at former MSP Hangar at Norwood Road/Ednor 
Road, Colesville



                Saturday - Gaithersburg area



On June 2, 2012, the Emergency Services Unit of the Montgomery County Police 
Department will be conducting a search and rescue training exercise in the 
Gaithersburg area.

The Emergency Services Unit is a multi-discipline unit within the 
department's Special Operations Division that is responsible for Hazardous 
Materials/WMD Response, Special Operations Support, Tactical Emergency 
Medical Support, and Search and Rescue.  Members of the Emergency Services 
Unit are trained in two levels of Search and Rescue techniques and tactics - 
field operations and management.

The primary goal of the training exercise to be held on June 2 is to provide 
a real life scenario for the management team to practice the command 
coordination of multiple resources during a missing person search.  The 
Montgomery County Police Department responds to over 4000 missing person 
related calls each year.  Any one of these cases could lead to a large scale 
search.  Conducing real life training exercises is critical to the 
development and preparedness of the Emergency Services Unit.

Along with the MCPD Emergency Services Unit, members of the Fairfax County 
Police Search and Rescue Team and volunteer K9 teams from the Mid-Atlantic 
D.O.G.S. Search and Rescue, Chesapeake Search Dogs, and DOGS-East Search & 
Rescue will be participating in this exercise.

The media is invited to attend and cover the classroom instruction portion 
of this training on Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday as well as the 
practical exercise to be held on Saturday in the Gaithersburg area.  ESU 
Search, Rescue, and Recovery Coordinator Jason Huggins will be available to 
provide further information and answer questions.  Please contact Officer 
Janelle Smith to confirm attendance.

The exercise on June 2 will be conducted from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. in 
the Gaithersburg area.  The community may see an increase in police activity 
which may include helicopters, K9 teams, and police search and rescue teams. 
The impact on the community will be minimal, and there will be no impact on 
travel.

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