Metro News Release

For immediate release: March 29, 2010

Emergency response exercise at RFK Stadium ends

Drill tested regional response to Metrobus incident

Metro’s emergency response exercise at the RFK Stadium parking lot ended at about 1 p.m. Monday, March 29.

The exercise involved a simulated explosion on a Metrobus with multiple passengers injured or killed, a second explosive found on a bus in a garage, and a phone call stating that additional explosive devices have been placed on other buses. The Metro Transit Police Department explosives ordnance detection team responded to the “incident,” along with the police, fire and emergency medical services personnel from the District of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The drill enabled Metro and its regional partners to test integrated response and incident coordination.

Residents in the area of RFK Stadium and the Stadium-Armory Metrorail station may have seen numerous police, fire and emergency response vehicles, first responders and volunteer “victims,” or heard a loud noise in the area, but there was no emergency. It was just a drill.

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News release issued at 1:22 pm, March 29, 2010.