Kansas City District, Missouri Silver Jackets host extreme-flood response tabletop exercise

Story by Abigail Voegeli September 29, 2023 at 01:00PM Be prepared—it’s the best way to handle an emergency when one occurs. The Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers knows this, and that’s why they partnered with the Missouri Silver Jackets team to host a tabletop exercise simulating an extreme flood event in the Kansas City metropolitan area. This exercise, the first of its kind in a decade, included participants from multiple levee and drainage districts, fire departments, public works, emergency management specialties, local, municipal, county and federal entities who support the levees during flood emergencies. “Kansas City has a history of flooding, so I think it’s really important to get everybody from [all] sides together,” said Jennifer Wood, Kansas City District geologist. She helped organize and facilitate the exercise. “It’s better to plan ahead on these things than trying to figure everything out in the middle of an event.”