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Live, large-scale training exercise planned at Wheeling University

WHEELING — The Wheeling-Ohio County Emergency Management Agency and local law enforcement, fire and EMS and medical personnel will be conducting a live, large-scale training exercise at Wheeling University on Tuesday.

The exercise is for educational training purposes and will take place from 4-8 p.m. Signage will be posted in the area about the training exercise, which will involve multiple police agencies, emergency responders, hospital staff and Wheeling University student actors.

Residents and the traveling public may notice an increased presence of emergency vehicles and could hear sirens and other sounds in the Washington Avenue area near Wheeling University and Mount de Chantal Road going to Wheeling Hospital.

No public roadways will be closed during the training.

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