This Thursday, May 19th The Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency will be participating in the Hospital Full Scale Exercise 2016 Severe Weather: Tornado Exercise; along with Gadsden Regional Medical Center, Riverview Regional Medical Center and Health South and other agencies in the county. The Exercise is set to start at 8:00 a.m. and run till about noon. You may observe increased emergency vehicles activity in the vicinity of the medical centers during those hours. This is one more way, we as a county, are planning and preparing for future emergencies. THIS IS ONLY AN EXERCISE