Emergency response exercises at Pearson airport over the weekend (PHOTOS)
Over 300 people volunteered to take part in a massive mock emergency exercise at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Saturday.
According to the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), the drill took place at the airport between 2 and 4 am in several locations including Terminal 1.
The weekend’s drill involved an explosion on airport property, and emergency response and evacuation exercises. The GTAA partnered with Peel Regional Police, Peel Regional Paramedic Services, Mississauga Fire, Transport Canada, Canadian Border Services Agency, US Customs and Border Protection and Air Canada to complete the drill.
Our emergency exercise is now underway. Follow #YYZEmergEx for updates. Learn more: https://t.co/S0MD0ZGD5O pic.twitter.com/tev5qoBxt0
— Toronto Pearson (@TorontoPearson) June 3, 2017
Throughout the exercise, alarms were heard and theatrical smoke was visible.
The GTAA runs one full scale and one tabletop exercise per year to test protocols, procedures, communications and planning for emergency and/or security related incidents, according to a press release.
With more than 44 million passengers flying through Pearson in 2016, the airport is Canada’s largest and second busiest international airport in North America.
Check out more photos and videos below.
[EMERGENCY EXERCISE ONLY] And now, we’re safely (?) evacuated outside. Once in a lifetime opportunity to chill on the apron. #YYZemergEx pic.twitter.com/VWM8sBnN4p
— Tyson Moore (@tysmo) June 3, 2017
THIS IS AN EXERCISE @TorontoPearson #YYZEmergEx we’ve been evacuated on to Air Side! pic.twitter.com/wH3UhPgkvo
— Wayne Edward (@VE3THW) June 3, 2017
Emergency responders are following protocols as part of our emergency exercise. #YYZEmergEx #safetyfirst pic.twitter.com/XmpS329f6u
— Toronto Pearson (@TorontoPearson) June 3, 2017
THIS IS JUST AN EXERCISE. We have all made back into the terminal safely…and having coffee! #yyzemergex pic.twitter.com/mnW2ThCH8w
— Travelledthere (@travelledthere) June 3, 2017
#YYZEmergEx is now complete. Thank you to all volunteers, employees and responders for their participation! pic.twitter.com/ddCtTUXZ3s
— Toronto Pearson (@TorontoPearson) June 3, 2017
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