On Saturday, June 19, 2010, the Summit County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) will conduct an emergency exercise at PVS Chemicals, Inc., located at 3149 Copley Road in Copley Township.

The exercise will test the following Ohio Hazardous Materials objectives: communications, incident assessment, incident command, notification of response to support agencies, response personnel safety, traffic and access control.

Participants will include: Akron General Medical Center (West), American Red Cross of Portage and Summit Counties, City of Akron Fire Department, Copley Township and the City of Norton Joint Dispatch Center, Copley Township Fire Department, Copley Township Police Department, PVS Chemicals, Inc., Sharon Township Fire Department, Summit County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), Summit County Local Emergency Planning Committee, Summit County Sheriff’s Office and the Summit County Special Operations Response Team (Hazardous Materials Branch).

For more information on the scheduled exercise contact Summit County Executive Russell M. Pry’s Emergency Management Agency at 330-643-2558, or visit www.co.summit.oh.us/Executive/ema.htm.

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