Just got a notice in my office email:

Please be advised that the Office of Emergency Management will be conducting an emergency drill at Ground Zero on Sunday, May 17, 2009.

In New York
The drill on Sunday morning will simulate a response to an explosion at a PATH commuter rail train in the tunnel between the World Trade Center site and northern New Jersey.  Officials say there will be no sound of an explosion, but emergency vehicles will be responding with flashing lights and sirens.

More than 800 emergency responders will participate from the city police and fire departments and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The Port Authority says the street on the north side of ground zero will be closed to emergency vehicles.  The drill is expected to last about two hours.
PATH rail service will be suspended between 6:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

In New Jersey
They we will be conducting communication exercises simulating the activation of the NY/NJ EMS MOU focusing on the notification and activation of Statewide EMS Resources through the County OEM/EMS Coordinators and the NJ EMS Task Force leadership. The Holland Tunnel EMS Staging Area will be the simulated site during this exercise.

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