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The thought of a terrorist event in Canberra is terrifying but one ACT emergency services personnel are ready for.

As Canberra gears up for a number of high-profile sporting events early next year the ACT Government has held an emergency preparedness exercise at GIO Stadium in Bruce.

Firefighters, paramedics, SES workers, police and school volunteers participated in the mock Asian Cup game explosion.

The mass casualty scenario enabled various government sites to practise co-ordinating and managing a major emergency.

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The training session is part of a wider exercise program aimed at observing how the territory responds to an incident at a place of mass gathering. The program will continue until December.

Canberra will host seven AFC Asian Cup 2015 football matches and three ICC Cricket World Cup matches between January and March, 2015.

Minister for Police and Emergency Services Simon Corbell said the government decided to conduct a series of exercises to practise and evaluate the whole-of-government response to an emergency incident ahead of the events.

"The ACT Government has recognised the need to be well co-ordinated and practiced ahead of the major world sporting events that will come to the nation's capital in 2015," he said.

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