WALTER REED TO STAGE MOCK MASS CASUALTY DISASTER ON OCTOBER 5

EXERCISE WILL SIMULATE

A RADIOACTIVE EXPLOSION

AT ON-CAMPUS BALL FIELD

Bethesda's Walter Reed National Military Medical Center campus will be the site of a large-scale exercise simulating a radiological terrorist attack on October 5.

The first event will be staged at the gate of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Services.  Then a mock radiological explosion event will be staged at an on-campus athletic field, with campus staff playing roles as sporting event spectators, among other "characters."

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue and the American Red Cross are among several joint participants in the exercise.

No specific traffic advisory has been issued to the public as of this hour, but plan ahead for potential delays on Route 355 and Jones Bridge Road that morning.