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Lafayette Regional Airport to hold full-scale emergency drill Thursday
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- If you see what looks like first responders responding to a crash at Lafayette Regional Airport on Thursday, it probably isn't a crash.
The airport will conduct its triennial Full-Scale Emergency Drill with coordinating agencies on Thursday, March 21, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The airport is required to conduct this comprehensive exercise every three years by the Federal Aviation Administration, according to a news release from the airport.
The exercise will simulate an aircraft crash scenario on the airport grounds, to provide what the airport called "a rigorous test of the airport's Emergency Plan and Airport Security Plan."
"This drill enhances our coordination and response capabilities in the event of an actual emergency and helps ensure the safety and preparedness of our airport and community," the release read.
In addition to LFT’s Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting unit, local fire departments, Acadian Ambulance, local hospitals, police and sheriff’s deputies and other first responders will participate, arriving on Tower Drive at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.