Emergency responders in Las Vegas have spent years training to respond to a mass casualty event such as Sunday night’s massacre, officials said Thursday.
“We knew what to do,” Clark County Fire Department Chief Greg Cassell told reporters. “It was much grander than we ever envisioned. However, we were able to handle it because of our people, our training, our professionalism and our equipment and our relationships.”
Cassell said 160 firefighters responded to the Strip shooting at the Route 91 country music festival, 108 of whom worked with Clark County Fire Department. Crews with Henderson, North Las Vegas and Las Vegas Fire Departments all responded to assist Clark County.