A major emergency management exercise will be carried out in the Sydney CBD tomorrow (Sunday 24 May) to test emergency management arrangements in case of an incident in the city
Exercise ‘Sydney CBD’ is a multi agency emergency management exercise involving more than 500 emergency service personnel commencing at 9:00am and concluding at midday.
The Sydney CBD Evacuation Sub Plan has been under review for the past 12 months and Sunday’s exercise is part of the review process and provides police and emergency service organisations with the guidance required in a range of events, including the need to move large numbers of people out of the city.
Those involved in the exercise include the NSW Police Force, Fire & Rescue NSW, Roads and Maritime Services, NSW Ambulance, Transport Management Centre, Transport for NSW, City of Sydney Council, NSW Health – Disaster/Crisis, the Ministry of Police and Emergency Services, Dept of Premier and Cabinet, and Surf Life Saving Australia.
300 volunteers from the RFS, SES and Surf Life Saving Australia will role play workers being evacuated.
