Georgia Emergency Management Agency Logo EMAP Accredited
DATE: June 25, 2010 2:26:00 PM EDT
For more information contact:
Buzz Weiss
Georgia Emergency Management Agency
voice: (404) 535-1048
fax: (404) 635-7205
P.O. Box 18055
Atlanta, Georgia 30316
buzz.weiss@gema.ga.gov

Georgia Emergency Management Agency

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SONNY PERDUE
GOVERNOR

CHARLEY ENGLISH
DIRECTOR

MEDIA ADVISORY

Statewide, Full-Scale Hurricane Exercise Set_June 28-30

Who:
Approximately 400 state, local, and volunteer agency personnel will participate.

What:
HURREX 2010 will simulate pre-landfall, post-landfall and demobilization activities associated with the onset of a major hurricane along the Georgia coast.

When:
8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Monday, June 28, 2010 - Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Where:
GEMA State Operations Center (SOC)
935 East Confederate Avenue SE., Building #2
Atlanta, GA
Media contacts:
Ken Davis (GEMA) 404-535-1049 / Buzz Weiss (GEMA) 404-535-1048

Logistics Staging Area
Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC)
1000 Indian Springs Road
Forsyth, GA
Media contacts:
Jenny Bruner (GFC) 770-550-6000 / Matt Perry (Monroe Co. EMA) 478-256-9506

Dublin Processing Center
Heart of Georgia Technical College
Dublin GA
Media contact:
Director Don Bryant (Dublin-Laurens Co. EMA) 478-609-5404

Base of Operations
Savannah Fire Department (SFD) - Station #13
11 McKenna Drive
Savannah, GA
Media contacts:
Mark Keller (SFD) 912-210-3393 / Courtney Cunningham (Chatham Co. EMA) 912-657-8671

Aviation Support Operations Center
Savannah – Hilton Head Int’l Airport, Chatham Co. Mosquito Control facility
Savannah GA
Media contact:
Lt. Greg Mercier (GSP) 404-987-7880

 

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Post Office Box 18055 - Atlanta, Georgia 30316-0055
Phone (404) 635-7000 or toll-free in Georgia 1-800-TRY-GEMA - Fax (404)635-7205
www.gema.ga.gov
www.ready.ga.gov
www.georgia911.org

 
 

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