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Responders practice emergency management skills
Sever weather exercise tests safety workers
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Hall County Fire Services rescue personnel work with actors Tuesday morning among rubble during a Vigilant Guard/Hurricane Exercise at the Gainesville/Hall County Joint Fire Training Facility. Students from Chestatee High portrayed injured victims to be rescued during various disasters.
One by one, students sporting mock injuries like gashes and broken bones were carried on stretchers by medics during an annual training exercise Tuesday. “I can’t feel my leg,” one girl shouted, as training participants simulated frantic parents searching amid the rubble. “For them, it’s triaging the patients to make sure they transport appropriately.