Increased Emergency Personnel Expected At HoCo General

COLUMBIA, MD — Emergency vehicles are to be expected around any hospital, but officials at Howard County General Hospital advised Sunday morning that there could be more of a presence than usual.

That's because the Howard County Police Department and Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services will be conducting an emergency drill at the hospital on Cedar Lane.

People are advised not to be alarmed by an increase in emergency personnel on the hospital's campus.

Howard County fire and rescue personnel reported the exercise was training in mass casualty incidents.

The training comes the morning after a terror attack in London caused multiple fatalities.

Photo courtesy of Howard County General Hospital.