PIERRE, (KCCR) — First responders from Pierre and Fort Pierre got to experience what responding to a plane crash at Pierre Regional Airport might be like as part of a full-scale exercise Tuesday night. Airport Manager Casey Pamperien says the exercise went well…
Pierre Regional Airport falls under the city engineering department and City Engineer Nick Waters says the number of possible casualties in a plane crash could almost match the number of responders…
Pamperien says while the training is for a worst case scenario, traveling by plane is still a good way to get across the country…
Commercial airports like Pierre’s are required to conduct a full-scale exercise once every three years.
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