First national Urban Search and Rescue exercise takes place in Calgary

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March 9, 2006
Representatives from three levels of government will participate in an event to mark the first national urban search and rescue deployment exercise. Exercise March Forward will test the abilities of five Urban Search And Rescue teams from across Canada to work together at one simulated disaster site. The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety; The Honourable Nancy Allan, Minister of Labour and Immigration for the Province of Manitoba; Rick Brown, Acting Executive Director of Emergency Management Alberta; Calgary Deputy Mayor Andre Chabot; and Calgary Fire Chief W. Bruce Burrell will take part in this event. The formal agenda will be followed by an outdoor tour of the exercise site where teams will be practicing search and rescue skills in a major structural collapse.Dignitaries will be available to the media following the event and exercise site tour.DATESaturday, March 11, 2006 TIME1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. LOCATIONMulti-Agency Training Centre5705 – 23rd Avenue SECalgary, Alberta(Located next to the Calgary FireDepartment Training Academy)INFORMATIONMélisa LeclercDirector of CommunicationsOffice of the Minister of Public Safety(613) 991-2863Mike KluttigSenior Regional Communications AdvisorPublic Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada(780) 495-3006 John Conley Public Information OfficerCalgary Fire Department(403) 287-4257

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