The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Campus Police Department, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), recently conducted a critical tabletop exercise focusing on terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
The exercise, dubbed “Bluff City Thunder,” was a part of the ongoing Silent Thunder Exercise Series, which aims to strengthen cooperation among local, state, and federal agencies in responding to WMD incidents.
The Bluff City Thunder exercise focused on a hypothetical terrorist-related WMD incident impacting both UT Health Science Center and the greater Memphis community. It provided a unique opportunity for leaders from 72 different agencies to assess and refine their crisis and consequence management capabilities in response to a terrorist event.
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