South Australian Country Fire Service Promotions Unit

Raising awareness of the roles, training and activities of CFS Volunteers state-wide


Operation Mercury 2005
Submitted On	Friday, September 30, 2005
Submitted By	Pip McGowan

Australia�s second national counter-terrorism multijurisdictional exercise, Mercury 05, will occur in October 2005. Mercury 05 is a strategic level exercise involving large scale field deployment activities and discussion exercises conducted under the auspices of the National Counter-Terrorism Committee (NCTC). The aim of Mercury 05 is to test Australia�s prevention, preparedness, response and recovery arrangements for a terrorist event. A wide range of Government agencies will be involved in the exercise - including the Country Fire Service, Metropolitan Fire Service, SA Ambulance, State Emergency Service, SA Police, as well as the Department of Health, Department of Transport, Energy & Infrastructure and more.