On Monday, September 27, first responders from four different police agencies, two fire departments, and Gold Cross ambulance came together at the old Shopko building in Neenah to train.
“We gotta be prepared for the worst, you known, hope for the best type of thing,” Lt. Jonathan Kuffel of the Neenah Police Department said. The scenario the group was preparing for was an active shooter situation.
It’s the type of thing these first responders have already seen.
“All the agencies here responded to the Fox River Mall, you know in the wintertime,” Lt. Kuffel said, referring to January’s deadly shooting at the Fox River Mall.
Now, all those agencies are together again to practice.
“We’re practicing RTF movement, Rescue Taskforce Team, and EMS training for active shooter situations,” Tyler Hillen, a firefighter for Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue said.