Stevens Point emergency services are training for worst case scenarios

  • Source: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
  • Published: 06/19/2019 04:51 PM

People in the Stevens Point area may have noticed more emergency vehicles and personnel than usual on Wednesday. The 5th Annual Rescue Task Force training is taking place at UW-Stevens Point. The training is a huge a undertaking giving more than 50 emergency responders real life practice for a mass casualty incident. Many police and fire agencies are involved in the training that takes place over the course of four days. The training helps police officers and firefighters learn how to work together so they can save the most lives during an incident like an active shooter situation. "We want to build that relationship to understand what is going on between each department because ultimately we have the same goal. We want to help people and save those people's lives in a mass a casualty incident," explained Portage County Sheriff's Deputy Robert Wanta, a Rescue Task Force Coordinator.



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