First Responders Undergo the Pressures of Mass Casualty Situations

First responders undergo the pressures of mass casualty situations

ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) - Police in Anderson are making sure their school resource officers are ready to respond to any situation.  “What we all say is that all the technology in the world is not going to help in a situation like this. You've got to invest in your people first. We take it a step further,” said Shannon Piller, Anderson School District Five Executive Director for Safety and Security. Anderson School District Five is putting s…

School Mass Casualty Exercise Set for 8 a.m. Friday near Downtown Anderson — The Anderson Observer

Greg Wilson/Anderson ObserverIf you hear the sirens and see the mass assembling of ambulances, law enforcement vehicles and other commotion at the C. F. Reames Education Center on South McDuffie Street Friday morning, it’s not a real emergency, only a simulation exercise.Anderson County law enforcement, Anderson County Emergency Management, public schools, and first responders will play distinct but coordinated roles during a mass casualty train…