HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania National Guard will lead a weapons of mass destruction and emergency response exercise, “Red Rose IV,” starting at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility at Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County.
Participating in the exercise will be more than 190 Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers and airmen; personnel from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency; a contingent of soldiers from Lithuania; and local, state and federal officials. The exercise will test such areas as initial response, search and rescue, evacuation, crime scene preservation and mass decontamination.
Participating in the exercise will be more than 190 Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers and airmen; personnel from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency; a contingent of soldiers from Lithuania; and local, state and federal officials. The exercise will test such areas as initial response, search and rescue, evacuation, crime scene preservation and mass decontamination.
