Dubuque Regional Airport Holds Disaster Drill

The Dubuque Regional Airport engaged in a large-scale disaster drill Tuesday. Tuesday’s drill scenario called for emergency personnel to respond to the airport for an airliner that had left the runway, crashed and begun leaking fuel. Drill participants included the American Red Cross; the City of Dubuque’s emergency dispatch, fire, health, police and transit departments; Dubuque County Emergency Management Agency; the county’s health and law enforcement agencies; MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center; and UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital.  Firetrucks, law enforcement vehicles and ambulances from Key West, Asbury, Dubuque and from private service Paramount Ambulance responded in stages to the airfield. Airport and emergency officials have been planning the exercise since January.