August 1, 2019
Practicing for the unthinkable
By Jerry W. Kram
The radio crackles to life, the dispatcher calmly relays the information, “There has been a truck collision at the transload facility in New Town. There are multiple injuries. Oil is leaking from the vehicle near the large tanks.” Within minutes, sirens and flashing lights head down Main Street to College Drive as emergency services – police, ambulance, and fire department crews – rush to prevent a catastrophe.
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The emergency wasn’t real. It was a scenario that local emergency response personnel went through to practice in case of a real emergency.
In a room at the TERO building in Four Bears, members of the New Town Police Department, Three Affiliated Tribes Law Enforcement, New Town Fire Department, MHA Wildfire Division, MHA Emergency Management and New Town Ambulance all participated in the exercise drawn up by the Heartland Consulting Group. Also included were management from BioUrja and Canadian Pacific Railroad.
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The emergency wasn’t real. It was a scenario that local emergency response personnel went through to practice in case of a real emergency.
In a room at the TERO building in Four Bears, members of the New Town Police Department, Three Affiliated Tribes Law Enforcement, New Town Fire Department, MHA Wildfire Division, MHA Emergency Management and New Town Ambulance all participated in the exercise drawn up by the Heartland Consulting Group. Also included were management from BioUrja and Canadian Pacific Railroad.
