The Deer Lake Regional Airport Authority is conducting a planned Emergency Exercise at the airport today between 9:00 and 2 p.m.
The exercise is being used to test the coordinated response of all facets of the emergency response system in the event of a major incident.
Area residents may notice smoke, emergency vehicles—including RCMP, firefighters and ambulances—on site.
Regularly scheduled flights are not affected by the exercise, and there is no cause for alarm.