VIDEO: A full-scale emergency response exercise at Adams Central Elementary School helped Adams County firefighters, law enforcement and hospital staff communicate with each other and members of the 72nd Civil Support Team Tuesday morning.
The exercise took first responders through a variety of drills, including a chemical hazard response in which firefighters checked for the source of the hazard, helped victims and helped fellow firefighters escape in case one of them is injured on scene.
Director of Adams County Emergency Management, Ron Pughes, said this training is all about preparation for the worst case scenario, which can happen at any time.
โIncidents like this can happen anywhere, and they can happen in Adams County, so we want to make sure our people and our processes are paramount to life safety and to our safety, and thatโs why we train,โ Pughes said. โWe train our individuals to be professionals in situations like that and without these real-world life events, thereโs no other way to train.โ
