Local, state and federal officials when through the motions of a bomb scare at the Huron Regional Airport Wednesday Morning. In the drill,. a bomb threat was called in to the airport indicating that a bomb in a blue bag in the women’s bathroom would go off before the afternoon flight would have arrived. Huron Police Chief Gary Will Jr. says the bomb drill had four objectives…
The four objective was getting Division of Criminal Investigation bomb technicians required training. Beadle County Emergency Manager Tom Moeding says it went favorably but one area that needed some work is using the Incident Command System…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/03/bombdrill2.mp3|titles=bombdrill2]Moeding says another area that cause problems had to do with plans established by government agencies…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/03/bombdrill3.mp3|titles=bombdrill3]Had the bomb threat been real both Moeding and Will say the incident could have taken days to resolve and not the two and a half hours that it did. The drill was complete with usage of a bomb robot and bomb trailer and even sack lunches being provided by the Salvation Army. Officials from the F-B-I, D-C-I and federal Transportation Security Administration worked side by side with Huron Police, Fire and Ambulance crews. Huron’s tactical Special Response team formed a perimeter around the airport. Drill evaluators from the Aberdeen police and Brookings fire departments also assisted.