Form submitted successfully, thank you.

Error submitting form, please try again.

Gotta love a (mock) disaster

Just in case it’s ever needed, this county’s emergency services practice mock disasters from time to time. This morning it was a pretend fire at the local senior citizen’s home. I had the pleasure of volunteering as a member of the hospital board and brought along my daughter’s two dog guides, Acorn and Zona, for the experience.

The Incident Commander, Jeff Musser, was given the scoop about the ‘fire’ and relayed the information to his firefighters. The mock disaster involved a fire contained within one resident room.

Mock Disaster 07102014-011

The ‘residents’ were students at a medical camp who came up for the morning to act as pretend patients. Each was given a medical status, with makeup to match, and the responders had to triage them and deal with them appropriately.

Mock Disaster 07102014-012

Acorn (left) and Zone (right) watched all the goings on with such intense interest.

Mock Disaster 07102014-015

The patients were taken to the local hospital where the second stage of the mock disaster played out. Here a patient is prepared for loading into the ambulance for the short trip to the South Huron Hospital.

Mock Disaster 07102014-020

One of the staging areas is shown below.

Mock Disaster 07102014-030

Another staging area with more seriously wounded ‘patients’ who are being tended to and will be transported to the hospital.

Mock Disaster 07102014-031

When the mock disaster at the Villa was concluded, Acorn (left) and Zone (right) got a chance to be cuddled by firefighter Mike Hansen. They were allowed into the back of the rescue van for a good sniff of the clothing and gear which will stand them in good stead should their partners ever have need of emergency services.

Mock Disaster 07102014-033

no comments

Your email is never published or shared. Required fields are marked *

*

*