Event at Towson University - Blackhawk Helicopter Landing

From Towson University:


Hello Neighbors:

I want to give you a heads up about a drill (see announcement below) that will occur at Towson University’s campus on the 14th. We will have a Black Hawk helicopter landing in the field near the Towson Center at about 10:15 a.m. Departure will be about 12:30 p.m. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Marina H. Cooper
Assistant to the President for External Relations and Communications
Office of the President
Towson University
Direct: 410-704-3300
Fax: 410-704-3488

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Operation STAT Disaster Drill Scheduled for Wednesday, April 14The College of Health Professions will stage the third Operation STAT disaster drill at Burdick Hall on Wednesday, April 14. Hundreds of students will volunteer as “victims” of a mock tornado who will be tended to by Towson University students of nursing and other health professions.

“This mass casualty exercise will provide our nursing and other health professions students an invaluable opportunity to gain hands-on experience in first responder activities that most health professional don’t get until the real emergency strikes,” said Marcie Weinstein, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Health Professions and the director of the Office of Collaborative Programs.

Also participating in the drill as an exercise in sharpening and maintaining emergency readiness will be clinicians from the 10th Medical regiment of the Maryland Defense Force (MDDF), a uniformed military agency of volunteers under the Adjutant General of Maryland and the Maryland Department of Mental Hygiene (DHMH). Representatives of the American Red Cross, MD State Police, the mortuary profession, and the mental health professions are expected to take part in the drill. The 58th Troop Command of the Maryland Army National Guard will support the exercise with equipment and supplies.

We are also adding a new component this year that we are excited about which is a Blackhawk helicopter landing and “patient loading” that will take place on a landing zone (LZ) on one of the fields behind the stadium at the Towson Center.

For more information contact Marie Weber, College of Health Professions at mweber@towson.edu.