{"id":286299,"date":"2026-05-27T15:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/286299\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:48:09","slug":"chemical-drone-attack-training-exercise-held-at-chase-stadium-in-fort-lauderdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/286299\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical drone attack training exercise held at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0May 27, 2026 at 11:20 AM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KNHCMFOVHJFEHGALAH6CUC3ROQ.jpeg\"  width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/>First responders in Broward County held a joint-agency training exercise at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 First responders in Broward County held what they called a large-scale emergency response training exercise on Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It took place at Chase Stadium located at 1350 NW 55th St. in Fort Lauderdale, beginning around 9 a.m. and lasting until the early afternoon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to officials, the drill simulated an emergency in which multiple victims were exposed to hazardous materials, specifically a dangerous chemical substance, following a drone attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said around two dozen volunteers were brought in to participate as simulated victims of the attack. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Agencies participating in the drill included Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, Hollywood Fire Rescue, Sunrise Fire Rescue, Pompano Beach Fire Rescue, Oakland Park Fire Rescue, Coconut Creek Fire Rescue and Tamarac Fire Rescue, per FLFR. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials made sure to stress that while there may be increased visibility of emergency vehicles in the area, there was no threat to the public at any time. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"David Dwork\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/3469fa6e-3c52-46d2-a0.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>David Dwork<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">David Dwork joined the WPLG Local 10 News team in August 2019. Born and raised in Miami-Dade County, David has covered South Florida sports since 2007. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0May 27, 2026 at 11:20 AM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandFirst responders in Broward County held a joint-agency training exercise at Chase&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-286299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}