Area Agencies Respond

•March 2, 2016•

By Mike Brothers

Moultrie County Emergency Services and Disaster is coordinating an Active Shooter Training exercise with Sullivan schools March 9.

Local ESDA Coordinator Jan Haegan said this full scale exercise will involve radio chatter during the time period.

“This is an active shooter attempting to enter the school,” Haegan said, explaining the radio conversations will be identified as a simulation, and the general public shouldn’t be alarmed.

Haegan also cautioned residents they shouldn’t try to come to the scene of the training exercise.

He explained that the area will  be restricted with first responders from the police, sheriff, fire, paramedics, health department, coroner, the state police and District #10 Rapid Shooter response team all on hand along with ESDA coordinators.

School districts and emergency services are required periodic training with an operation of this scale required only every eight years.

March 9 is an inservice day with school dismissing at noon. The active shooter scenario will be conducted at the high school following dismissal with elementary and middle school teachers acting as students.

“A retired police officer will pose as the intruder,” Haegan said, noting each agency will go through established procedures as if the event were actually happening.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.