19 Wing Comox will be conducting a large-scale multi-agency emergency training exercise on April 4, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m..
The exercise will take place on Department of National Defence, (DND) sites at 19 Wing Comox and the Seal Bay Training Area (Waveland Rd and June Rd). Concurrently, the Comox Valley Emergency Management Service will train at Seal Bay Regional Nature Park and other non-DND sites in the vicinity under their own jurisdiction and authority.
Members of the public can expect to see smoke at Seal Bay training area and emergency services present on the airfield. Further, there will be people acting as casualties in the exercise crash sites and an evacuation exercise will be occurring.
Residents may hear sirens and see emergency vehicles around several key locations where the training exercises are taking place and they are reminded that these activities are routine military and emergency services training, and there is no need to report them to 19 Wing Comox or local emergency services.
