Statewide disaster response drill in Prattville, Wednesday, October 8, 2025 – Photo from WAKA Action 8 News

The City of Prattville is hosting the Alabama Mutual Aid System’s 2025 full-scale disaster response drill at Cooters Pond Park.

This large-scale training event is bringing together more than 175 mutual aid team members for a two-day event that ends today.

The exercises featured land and water-based search tactics, along with the use of aviation, drones, and K9 resources to simulate response efforts in a disaster environment.

Today’s exercise simulated victim searches in a 20-mile area from Montgomery to Autauga County with approximately 10 watercraft and 50 searchers on the river using drones. ALEA aviation was also used.

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