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BATON ROUGE, LA – Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) will hold a Mock Disaster Drill on Thursday, August 24, 2020 from 9am to 1pm. A disaster drill is required once every three years by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for all commercial airports. The Mock Disaster Drill is an emergency response exercise to test the Airport Emergency Plan in accordance with FAA requirements, and to improve emergency preparedness in the event ...