VIDEO: Young people considering a career as police officers, firefighters and EMTs responded to a staged four-vehicle pile-up involving a school bus in the parking lot of Hennepin Technical College in Eden Prairie on Saturday. Theyโre called โexplorers.โ Minnesota Fire Exploring Association President Kate McKay said it was the first time theyโve carried out a mock mass casualty incident with police, EMS and fire explorers together as they would be in reality.
โSo weโve got volunteers who are playing the role of victims and bystanders, and the law enforcement explorers are trying to figure out what caused the crash and try to keep the scene as safe as they can,โ McKay explained. โThereโs a fire incident commander and then a law enforcement incident commander with them, kind of prompting them to say, โHey, have you thought about this?โ or โAre you doing this yet?โ So that they can be a little more successful.โ As those interested in a future as police officers took victim and witness statements, the fire explorers worked to safely remove and triage victims, and the EMT explorers treated and loaded patients into the ambulance.
