Local emergency personnel and medical staff will participate in a full-scale emergency response exercise Thursday, Nov. 12, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
The joint agency drill will center around Kosciusko High School’s Landrum Field (Whippet Stadium) and involves all local emergency services, alongside Baptist Memorial Hospital–Attala.
Thursday’s scenario will simulate a severe weather event involving a lightning strike at the field during a crowded sporting event.
Because agencies will be treating the exercise as a live event, residents should expect to see active emergency dispatches, sirens, and first responder vehicles traveling between the high school campus and the hospital throughout the morning.
Organizers emphasize that the operation is strictly a drill designed to test multi-agency readiness and coordination. There is no real danger or actual emergency taking place.
