Emergency Response Training Scheduled For Tuesday Morning In West Harrison

If you see responders and/or hear sirens at Whitewater Mills, know its just a drill.

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(West Harrison. Ind.) – An emergency response training exercise will take place this week.

If you see or hear sirens at Whitewater Mills, 707 Harrison Brookville Road, during the morning of October 5 – it is just a drill.

Over 70 firefighters and 11 organizations are coming together for a large-scale emergency response exercise on Tuesday. Facility workers and firefighters will practice their response actions in a simulated emergency.

Setup for the exercise will begin at 6:30 a.m. The actual training exercise is expected to last from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m.

During the exercise, Harrison Brookville Road will remain open to traffic, but motorists are asked to proceed slowly past the facility. Signage will be placed indicating the training is in progress.

The success of this exercise would not be possible without the partners from:

• Whitewater Mills (Siemer Milling)

• City of Harrison Fire Department

• Dearborn County Emergency Management Agency & Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)

• Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office – 9-1-1 Communications Center

• Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency & Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)

• Hamilton County Communications Center

• Greater Cincinnati Hazardous Material Unit

• Colerain Township Fire Department

• Miami Township Fire Department

• Whitewater Township Fire Department

• Mercy Health – Harrison Medical Center