Press release from Cal Poly Humboldt:

Housing & Residence Life at Cal Poly Humboldt will hold its annual emergency simulation at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 14 to test campus and community response teams.

The exercise will take place in a residence hall on campus.

The simulation will be loud and include participation from Housing & Residence Life, the University Police Department, Campus Resilience & Response, the Arcata Fire Department, and the Arcata Mad River Ambulance.

Passersby may see smoke coming out of a residence hall and actors crying for help. First responders will use emergency radios and campus traffic flow may be affected.

The exercise aims to train Housing staff and local first responders on how to respond to a campus housing emergency. The emergency simulation is intended to provide a real-time, realistic experience of an emergency as well as provide the opportunity to test and evaluate a practical plan and practice communication among agencies.

Housing & Residence Life began holding multi-agency emergency simulations in 1986. The exercise takes place each year in August.

For location information, the contact News & Information at news@humboldt.edu.