Jefferson Parish / Coast Guard Training on the Lake

Dive and Rescue were asked to be evaluators for this exercise.

Published: Thursday, September 27, 2007, 2:39 PM

Jefferson Parish first responders and the U.S. Coast Guard staged a rescue exercise involving a bus going off the Causeway and dumping numerous people in the water to be found and rescued Thursday morning. The purpose of the exercise was to test the effectiveness of using the National Incident Management System Unified Command Training to manage the response to a large emergency. The exercise placed commanders from all agencies in one command post to make joint decisions.

STAFF PHOTOS BY CHUCK COOK