Thursday morning Clinton County Local Emergency Planning Committee held a hazmat school bus exercise.
The Clinton County School Safety Committee teamed up with Clinton County Local Area Planning Committee and representatives from Frankfort Fire, Clinton County Sheriff’s Department, Central Dispatch, and our local hospital to design a drill that not only challenged first responders but the schools as well.
City Police were also present along with EMS, Lifeline, and the American Red Cross.
The morning began with a bus safety presentation for commission members and guests at the Edward Jones Building at the Clinton County Fairgrounds. Topic was School bus safety and the speaker was Mr LaRocco.
The actual drill followed presentation with two goals for schools. Communications, and reunification
The drill had two areas of concern. The first deals with the students on a wrecked bus, and the second is maintaining the educational program at the individual schools while dealing with the accident.
The “Drill” Accident involving a leaking semi tanker and a school bus. Students were removed using cutting tools to cut into the bus in the side to removed some students and then taken through a decontamination tent due to the hazardous semi spill.
Around 125 signed up for this exercise including all emergency responders and School students from all four county schools.
Following the Drill a lunch was served in the Edward Jones Community Center.
Co-Directors of this live exercise are as follows
Rodney Wann, Administrator Clinton County Health Dept.
Dr.James Hanna, Superintendent Rossville School Corporation
Matt Stidham, Fire Chief Frankfort Fire Department
Renee Crick, Director Clinton County Dispatch
Steven Deckard, EMS Director Clinton County EMS
Matthew Myers, Captain Clinton County Sheriff’s Office
Patty Keaton Parks photos can be seen in the links below.
