When the shooting happened last spring at Noblesville’s West Middle School, during the live television coverage, you may have have seen units from Fishers and other surrounding communities responding to the scene with police & fire personnel.
Public safety agencies have always been prepared to help each other in a time of crisis. Now, several agencies are preparing to formalize that relationship with a training exercise. According to Fishers Police, this exercise will happen September 18th, 19th, 20th, and 22nd.
First Internet Bank and the Hamilton Southeastern Schools have offered to allow their buildings to be used in this exercise. 85 public safety people will be involved in this exercise each day.
If you see public safety personnel in large numbers one of these days, you may be witnessing a drill, not a genuine emergency.
Here are more details about the upcoming exercise:
September 18th, 19th 20th
Look for the exercise in the area of First Internet Bank, 2pm-5pm each of the three days
September 22nd
Hoosier Road Elementary School will be the site of this exercise. Look for this from about 2pm to 5pm.
“This collaborative effort between Fishers public safety, residents, and business partners is a great example of our unwavering determination to keep Fishers a safe place to live, work, and play”, said Fishers Police Chief Ed Gebhart in a police department news release.