On tap for those who show up Saturday at PNC Park -- a free rock concert, free parking, free Pirates tickets and other giveaways.

		HOW TO BE A VICTIM To register to participate in Saturday's simulated terrorist attack at PNC Park, visit the Web site for the American Red Cross of Southwestern Pennsylvania, or call 412-263-3146.

Oh, and one simulated terrorist attack, also free of charge.

Billed as potentially the largest such emergency response drill in the country and expected to cost $750,000, the real-time event underwritten by the federal Homeland Security Department will test the preparedness of upward of 600 federal, state and local emergency responders from Allegheny and 12 neighboring counties.

They will have to deal with a series of catastrophic events in a scenario that is being kept under wraps so as to truly test responses including PNC Park evacuation, injury triage, victim transportation, emergency room treatment, scene security, decontamination and communications.

About 1,000 volunteers have already signed up to take part in the exercise, but organizers are hoping to entice about 14,000 to attend by giving each person two free Pirates tickets to an upcoming game, a PNC Park replica, a free Red Cross first-aid kit and the free concert by the Pittsburgh All-Stars, featuring Donnie Iris, Joe Grushecky and B.E. Taylor.

The gates will open at 11 a.m. and the concert is slated to begin at noon. Vendors will sell food at reduced prices.

Those who wish to volunteer can do so by registering at the Web site for the American Red Cross of Southwestern Pennsylvania, or by calling 412-263-3146.

Participants can sign up as general volunteers. Spots for volunteers willing to be "disaster victims," and given cards describing specific injuries, with some having makeup applied for added realism, were filled as of yesterday afternoon. Disaster victims will be "decontaminated" by showers or transported by either ambulance or bus to Allegheny General Hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, Mercy Hospital, Children's Hospital or West Penn Hospital.

Raymond V. DeMichiei, Pittsburgh deputy director of emergency management, said that "walk ups" on the day of the drill will be allowed to participate, but organizers hope as many as possible register beforehand. He said the forecast for the day -- partly sunny with a high of 72 -- bodes well for a large crowd of volunteers.

DeMichiei said that while the scenario will be staged, it will be based on real-life threats as ascertained by the Homeland Security Department.

"This will be as real life as possible," DeMichiei said in a briefing with media representatives yesterday.

"It is real stuff based on real intelligence based on what the best people think are current threats."

A report on what worked and what needs attention in response to the "attack" should be completed in June.

Homeland Security, which staged a smaller-scale event in November at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, in which several hundred people participated, has teamed with Major League Baseball in the exercises because games are high-profile events that draw large crowds.

DeMichiei said working out any kinks in disaster planning at PNC Park is particularly desirable because it will be the site of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game next year.

If all goes well at this exercise, he said, a similar one may be staged at Heinz Field in the future.

Saturday's event will be the first major training exercise in the Downtown area since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. A year before, in September 2000, federal, state and local emergency personnel simulated a chemical attack at the Steel Plaza subway station. About 75 actors played victims.

In February 2004, authorities staged a "table-top" exercise at the Allegheny County Emergency Operations Center in Point Breeze that involved a suspicious package in PNC Park's left field rotunda and required an evacuation of 12,000 fans.