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# City testing its preparedness
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/city-testing-its-preparedness/
- Published: 2002-11-14T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:55:49.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The City of Santa Monica will conduct an emergency response drill at the city yards on Thursday, Nov. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The city drill is being conducted in conjunction with a countywide exercise dubbed “Operation Critical Response” on the same day.

Coordinated by the Santa Monica Fire Department, the city drill will test the readiness of fire, police, public works, transportation and other city departments to respond to a potential act of terrorism. A simulated explosion will occur at the fire training facility, where the emergency operations center and incident command post will be established.

The drill is not open to the public.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 14, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111402.pdf?ref=smdp.com)