Bluff City Thunder

  • When Aug 14, 2024 from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM (US/Central / UTC-500)
  • Where Hyatt Centric Hotel located at 33 Beale Street, Memphis, TN 38103
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EVENT INFORMATION
WHAT IS BLUFF CITY THUNDER?

Bluff City Thunder will focus on a terrorist-related WMD/radiological incident affecting the greater Memphis community. Bluff City Thunder is part of the Silent Thunder Exercise Series designed to foster collaboration among representatives from local, state, and federal agencies with a shared stake in ensuring a positive outcome.

OVERVIEW OF COURSE CONTENT

The Silent Thunder exercise series provides a no-fault, site-specific TTX where leaders from all responding and stakeholder organizations can exercise both their crisis and consequence management capabilities for a terrorist WMD incident.

*You are receiving this notice because of your involvement as a key response partner, stakeholder and/or interested party. Please forward this only to others who may be interested so they may contact us for inclusion in this important and unique exercise.

If you are interested in attending, please register for Bluff City Thunder prior to August 7, 2024, to be admitted to the exercise.

WMD / RADIATION EXERCISE OPPORTUNITY

University of Tennessee Memphis, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are hosting a tabletop exercise (TTX) on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) terrorism entitled “Bluff City Thunder” on August 14, 2024, 0900-1700.


For more information, please contact:

Timothy Barton, Chief Safety Officer
tbarton4@uthsc.edu

David McKinney, Exercise Planner
david.mckinney@nnsa.doe.gov

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