Northeast News
Oct. 1, 2015

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — If you have any business to conduct at or around City Hall tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 2, wait until the afternoon.

City officials announced that city hall, 414 E. 12th St., will hold a fire drill sometime between 8 a.m. and noon. The city’s 311 Call Center, which is located in City Hall, will be closed for a brief period during the drill and will reopen no later than noon. During the fire drill, residents may still contact 311 online at kcmo.gov/311 or by using the 311 mobile app.

To accommodate safe evacuation of City Hall, the following intersections will be closed for a brief period sometime between 8 a.m. and noon: 11th and Oak Streets, 11th and Cherry Streets, 12th and Oak Streets, and 12th and Locust Streets. The Kansas City Fire Department will participate in the training exercise, and police will be on hand to direct traffic to make the drill as realistic as possible. Total closure time at these four intersections should be less than one hour.

The fire drill will not only help prepare city employees for an actual fire or emergency, it will also ask employees to consider how they would securely evacuate city hall visitors during such an event. The city appreciates the public’s patience during this important safety exercise.