UTFFEMT
04-09-2005, 02:36 PM
DRILL TESTS EMERGENCY SKILLS -- AMID THE FLASHING LIGHTS OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES, A TANGLE OF TWISTED METAL AND A SOGGY SPRING SNOWSTORM, CEDAR VALLEY AREA FIRE AND EMS TEAMS MET ON MARCH 30 TO CONDUCT A MUTUAL AID DRILL TO PRACTICE EMERGENCY SKILLS AND COORDINATE THEIR RESPONSE.
Emergency teams from Cedar Fort, Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs assembled at the Cedar Fort Community Center parking lot for the drill that simulated emergency response to a three-car accident with injuries.
Said Cedar Fort Fire Chief Mike Penovich, who served as safety officer for the drill, the teams staggered their initial response to simulate the actual response scenario for such an emergency.
"I'll be timing each individual skill," Penovich told the participants.
Although three separate teams were responding to extrication of victims in three different vehicles, Fire Chief Robert DeKorver of the Eagle Mountain Fire Department made sure they worked together to establish a unified command and coordinate their rescue efforts.
They had to coordinate each operation so that work on one vehicle would not endanger victims still trapped in another entangled vehicle.
The rescuers used hydraulic rams to perform a "clam shell" on a rolled car, lifting the car off the smashed roof. The four trapped "victims" for the exercise included dummies, along with two live actors.
Emergency teams from Cedar Fort, Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs assembled at the Cedar Fort Community Center parking lot for the drill that simulated emergency response to a three-car accident with injuries.
Said Cedar Fort Fire Chief Mike Penovich, who served as safety officer for the drill, the teams staggered their initial response to simulate the actual response scenario for such an emergency.
"I'll be timing each individual skill," Penovich told the participants.
Although three separate teams were responding to extrication of victims in three different vehicles, Fire Chief Robert DeKorver of the Eagle Mountain Fire Department made sure they worked together to establish a unified command and coordinate their rescue efforts.
They had to coordinate each operation so that work on one vehicle would not endanger victims still trapped in another entangled vehicle.
The rescuers used hydraulic rams to perform a "clam shell" on a rolled car, lifting the car off the smashed roof. The four trapped "victims" for the exercise included dummies, along with two live actors.