(Airport Triannual Disaster Drill 2022 | Photo courtesy of Redmond Municipal Airport)

Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM) and Redmond Fire & Rescue will conduct a full-scale emergency response disaster training drill Thursday, October 23, beginning at 8:30am, as required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Several emergency response vehicles and personnel will be onsite, and RDM officials would like to reassure travelers the exercise will not impact commercial flight operations.

The FAA requires airports to conduct realistic commercial passenger aircraft disaster training drills once every three years. Approximately 75 participants will act as passengers with a wide variety of challenges including triage of realistic mock injuries, transportation of the injured, identificatio

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