This brings to mind the Community Emergency Response Team training that Britnee and I completed a few years ago. Our city sponsored a fire department led 9 week training course on emergency actions we can perform as pseudo deputized volunteers.
It was eye opening to discuss candidly the action we would need to take should a major disaster hit our community. We had light training in search and rescue, crowd control, triage and most of all safety of survivors. The last week was a mock disaster, complete with actors with various injuries and states of mind. During the staged disaster, Britnee helped with the medical triage team and I was placed in charge of the building entrance. No one in or out without checking in with me. Like a bouncer complete with clipboard including time in and time out, to make sure we didn't track of someone for too long.
I hope we never have to use our training, but it sure makes me feel a little more at ease that we will have a few tools to work with should we ever need them.
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