Emergency response exercise at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday, October 17

Exercise will have no impact on flight operations, but airline passengers and motorists may notice numerous emergency vehicles in and around the airport

NEW YORK, NY, 2015-10-15 — /Travel PR News/ — The Port Authority is advising aviation passengers and motorists that an emergency response exercise will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday, October 17. The exercise will not delay flight operations, but the public may notice simulated smoke and numerous emergency vehicles around the airport.

Saturday’s exercise will test the airport’s emergency plan for mutual aid response, the airport’s Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting unit and local emergency responders to train together. The exercise will include members of the Port Authority Police Department, Newark, Elizabeth, Union County, Essex County, N.J. police and fire departments, the American Red Cross and other emergency responders.

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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency’s network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than $23 billion in annual wages and $80 billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where the 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center is now the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. The Port Authority receives no tax revenue from either the State of New York or New Jersey or from the City of New York. The agency raises the necessary funds for the improvement, construction or acquisition of its facilities primarily on its own credit. For more information, please visit http://www.panynj.gov.

SOURCE: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey