Training day simulates hazmat accident
Firefighters attend to a victim during an emergency simulation event. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Simulated injuries are applied to high school junior Keelie Hathorn. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Donald Damschen and Jessica Valentine treat Logan Steineba at the Clark Fork Valley Hospital Emergency Room during the simulated accident. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
More than 30 first responders assembled early Saturday morning at the Sanders County Fairgrounds to conduct a simulated emergency event.
The exercise was months in planning between the Clark Fork Valley Hospital and Sanders County Emergency Management Manager Bill Naegeli.
First responders included Hot Springs Ambulance, Plains Paradise Rural Fire District, Plains City Volunteer Fire Department, Sander County Sheriff's Department, Plains Police Department, Clark Fork Valley Hospital, Plains Community Ambulance, and the Thompson Falls Ambulance.
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