SIOUX CITY FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL SPENT THEIR FRIDAY TRAINING TO RESPOND TO A MAJOR TRAFFIC DISASTER.
DEPUTY FIRE MARSHALL RYAN COLLINS SAYS THE EXERCISE INVOLVED A SEMI CARRYING AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE THAT COLLIDED WITH SEVERAL VEHICLES ON A FOGGY HIGHWAY:
OC………TRANSPORT FOLKS. :24
SEVERAL “VICTIMS” WERE INJURED OR TRAPPED IN VEHICLES IN THE SIMULATION:
OC………..GETTING THEM TRANSPORTED. :10
FOR SOME FIREFIGHTER TRAINEES, SUCH AS HAROLD BETSWORTH, THIS WAS THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN IN A MAJOR DISASTER DRILL:
OC…………….GET THEM OUT. :14
DERIK BAILEY IS A FORMER VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FROM SOUTHEAST IOWA WHO IS NOW TRAINING TO BE A SIOUX CITY FIREMAN:
OC………A GAME PLAN. :24
THE CRASH EXERCISE WAS CONDUCTED AT THE FIRE RESCUE TRAINING CENTER ON TERMINAL DRIVE.
Photos by George Lindblade & Woody Gottburg
