Ill., Wis. Test Emergency Comms Across State Lines
Illinois and Wisconsin will test cross-border interoperable communications Wednesday, the states’ emergency divisions said Tuesday. “This exercise is a great opportunity for local and state agencies to demonstrate and validate their ability to talk to their counterparts across state lines,”…
said Wisconsin Office of Emergency Communications Director Erik Viel. “People depend on responders to take care of them on a bad day and expect them to be able to communicate in a crisis, regardless of state affiliation.” The U.S. Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) will evaluate participating agencies in the exercise, the states said.