{"id":286825,"date":"2026-05-27T23:23:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T23:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/286825\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T23:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T23:23:45","slug":"south-florida-officials-host-emergency-response-drill-in-fort-lauderdale-ahead-of-fifa-world-cup-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/286825\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida officials host emergency response drill in Fort Lauderdale ahead of FIFA World Cup &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Ahead of the FIFA World Cup, South Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee conducted a large-scale emergency response training exercise in Fort Lauderdale to train officials for all possible kind of situations. <\/p>\n<p>The exercise tested the readiness of local first responders, stimulating a hazardous materials emergency involving multiple victims that were exposed to a dangerous chemical substance. <\/p>\n<p>The teams practiced how they would react in a real-life situation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNumber one to work together as teamwork but communication capabilities and to know each other\u2019s strengths and weaknesses. Give us a baseline on what went well and what we need to improve on,\u201d said James Russo, chairperson of South Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise included nearly 150 first responders, hospital staff and hazmat crew members. Additionally, two dozen volunteers helped conduct the drill.  <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Ahead of the FIFA World Cup, South Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee conducted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-286825","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\/286825","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=286825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}