PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.—Emergency responders in the U.S. and Canada will start an eight-day exercise Wednesday to test their response to simultaneous terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
Scenarios include terrorist attacks in Washington state, an accidental chemical release in Oregon, a hurricane on the mid-Atlantic coast and the Washington, D.C., area and “aerospace events” throughout North America.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command and the U.S. Northern Command, based at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, will participate.
Also participating are the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Transportation Command and the National Guard.
Canada Command will participate through its Staunch Maple exercise.
