Emergency services swarm Ballina Airport for exercise - The Northern Star

THE moment a flare sent orange smoke across the Ballina airport runway yesterday emergency services sprang into action.

Police, paramedics, NSW Fire and Rescue tankers and SES vehicles all rolled on to the tarmac to respond to a simulated plane crash.

Ballina Byron Gateway Airport manager Neil Weatherson said the emergency exercise, dubbed "Skidding", was a multi-agency exercise, designed to practice response and coordination procedures in the event of a crisis at the airport.

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