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Emergency Responders Plan Emergency Drill At Buckeye Lake

An aerial view of Buckeye Lake
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An emergency drill at Buckeye Lake will take place Saturday.

Emergency departments in Fairfield and Licking counties will conduct an emergency evacuation drill at Buckeye Lake tomorrow morning.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently found that the dam is in serious danger of failing.  
To hear the full interview with Sean Grady, Director of the Licking County Emergency Management Agency, click above.

To watch a video from the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources that explains a potential dam failure, click on the video file below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1KafchcseM                                                                                                           

 
 

Debbie Holmes began her career in broadcasting in Columbus after graduating from The Ohio State University. She left the Buckeye state to pursue a career in television news and worked as a reporter and anchor in Moline, Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee.