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FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. -- Hundreds of state and local law enforcement officers are in Forsyth County this week for in a multi-agency terror drill.

Members of the National Guard kicked off the three-day exercise Tuesday. The group faced several scenarios including a hostage situation involving kids on a school bus, a bomb scare and chemical weapons. The exercise is designed to test each agency's communications plan, command and control techniques and response.

"An incident can happen anywhere, so basically the first responders have got to be prepared and they have to leverage the other state and federal assets that are available to them," said Maj. Samuel cherry with the 42nd Civil Support Team.

August Vernon, operations officer for Forsyth County Emergency Management said even those these scenarios seem rare, the same practices can be applied for more common disasters. “A lot of lessons that we learn today we can also apply this to the tornado, the plane crash the hurricane the ice storm the flood," she said.

The group will debrief on Wednesday about Tuesday's terror exercise. They'll wrap up the drill on Thursday.