VIDEO: About 100 firefighters, deputies and officers in the Placer County area got together for critical training on Wednesday to make sure that when disaster strikes, they can work together quickly and effectively to respond.
"We're doing some joint unified command training," Placer County Sheriff Wayne Woo said. They trained as a team at the Placer County Office of Emergency Services in Auburn.
"To have that collaborative approach, to be on the same page and to make sure we're unified as quickly as possible during a rapidly evolving incident," Woo said.
The Placer County Sheriff's Department and Cal Fire's Nevada-Yuba-Placer unit hosted the annual training to allow crews to prepare their response with real-life examples, like a mudslide in Colfax and the Mosquito Fire near Foresthill.