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National Guard sets exercises in Delta County

ESCANABA — The Michigan National Guard will be conducting exercises in Delta County Monday, April 11 with the Michigan State Police.

Delta County will be hosting an event at the Enbridge Rapid River Station and Plains Propane facility located on US-41 North in Rapid River. There will be multiple activities taking place throughout the exercise involving local, state and federal partners. Delta County Emergency Management wants to make the public aware of the exercise and possible traffic concerns near the facility during the event.

This year’s Domestic Operations Exercise, Northern Exposure, will have a record 10 counties participating in over 15 training events from April 11 -14 in the Upper Peninsula including Delta, Chippewa, Mackinac, Marquette, Alger, Dickinson, Iron, Ontonagon, Gogebic, Schoolcraft counties.

The annual exercise is designed to train Michigan National Guard soldiers in domestic response operations while enhancing interagency and intergovernmental partnerships. This year’s exercise is in collaboration with the Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division’s annual exercise. Events include situational training exercises, and a variety of tabletop and staff exercises. Many of the events will be hosted by commercial and federal partners such as U.S. Forestry Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The exercise provides training opportunities with civil authorities and government agencies in a realistic, constructive, and simulated training environment. While integrating local, county, state, and federal partners. The exercise gives Michigan National Guard soldiers an opportunity to train with professional incident commanders, law enforcement, first responders, security professionals emergency managers and subject matter experts from both the public and private sectors to improve interagency cooperation and improve an understanding of each organization’s capabilities. This allows participants to identify potential hurdles while working towards a common objective, Michigan National Guard officials said.

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