Metro has announced they will be conducting an emergency drill on November 10:
METRO will conduct an emergency response drill from 1 to 2:30 p.m. November 10 adjacent to the Fannin South parking area at the south end of the METRORail line.
The drill will center on a simulated accident between a METRORail train and a passenger car. The drill will simulate a fatality in the passenger car and a loss of power to the train. The purpose of the exercise is to verify the ability of METRORail personnel to respond to a major collision and power loss on the rail line.
The drill will be centered at Fannin and Bellfort, south of the Fannin South Station, and will have no effect on METRORail service.
Media are welcome to cover the drill, and are asked to set up about 12:35, before the exercise begins, on the southeast corner of Fannin and Bellfort. Parking will be available in the Fannin South lot.
I wonder if Metro Police Chief Lambert considers blogHOUSTON to be media? Probably not. We may have to cover the exercise regardless.
After 69 accidents, we expect the emergency personnel to perform flawlessly.
