| On January 31, 2012, members of the MAVFC got a first hand experience on running a multitude of major calls. These calls weren't in the community though, they were located on a table top. Table top scenarios have been used over the years to put firefighters, EMT's, Paramedics and Officers in the "hot seat" of responding to an incident and making decisions.
17 members of Mount Airy took the position of officer's in-charge of engines, ladder trucks, rescue squads, ambulances and medic units. Participants were presented with model train buildings, small scale fire trucks/equipment, portable radios, map books and a computer simulator to respond like an actual incident. Local buildings were used in the computer simulator to give a life like response scenario that could potentially happen in the local community.
Members responded to several house and building fire scenarios, vehicle collisions, and a carbon monoxide incident in an apartment building. While members were acting out the scenarios, other personnel in attendence were evaluating tactics and strategies being used which were then discussed after each incident. The night ended with a major vehicle collision on Interstate 70 that involved numerous vehicles, multiple patients, a potential hazardous material leak and several people trapped in their vehicles. This scenario was put together to evaluate how members of the MAVFC would respond to the same incident that occured several days before on a Florida interstate. |
