BLOOMINGTON – Area residents may see smoke and fire at Central Illinois Regional Airport Friday and Saturday, but don’t worry as the airport is arranging their required emergency training.
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The plan includes live-fire training on Friday from 10 a.m. and a “large-scale emergency drill” on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Both formations are expected to generate smoke and fire that may be visible from surrounding areas, a CIRA press release said.
Saturday’s exercise will include more than 27 emergency response agencies, area organizations and private companies and more than 50 other volunteers, according to the statement. It will simulate a plane crash.
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The airport is required to conduct a full-scale exercise once every three years, and the McLean County Disaster Council joins in conducting a community-wide test of emergency response.
CIRA is on the east side of Bloomington, south of Empire Street, which is also Illinois Route 9.
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Photos: More than 160 kids get addicted to fishing at Miller Park
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Stephen Roberts, left, of Bloomington, helps his son Judah Roberts, 7, land a freshly caught catfish during a free fishing event Saturday at Miller Park Lake.
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Evan Westendorf, 9, of Bloomington, holds a large catfish he caught with the help of his father on Saturday at Miller Park Lake in Bloomington. Westendorf said he liked fishing.
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Stephen Roberts, left, of Bloomington, helps his son Judah Roberts, 7, haul in a freshly caught catfish during a free fishing event Saturday at Miller Park Lake.
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From right, Jerome Marlett, 13, of Bloomington, holds a catfish he caught on Saturday morning at Miller Park Lake in Bloomington as family friend Luke Petersen pulls it from his line.
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Michael Kletz, 8, of Bloomington, center, holds a sunfish he caught Saturday morning at Miller Park Lake in Bloomington.
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