8/15/13 - Police, fire and EMS first responders participated in an âactive shooterâ exercise to utilize their training in such scenarios this morning. The multi-jurisdictional exercise took place at Andrew G. Schmidt Middle School in Fenton and simulated the occurrences and responses of an active shooter situation. The exercise involved two scenarios, one in which the shooter was wearing a bomb and detonated it killing himself, and another where he attempted to escape and was taken down by officers. First responders all agreed that the second scenario carried out much smoother due to better communication. Tom Mynsberge, whose company Critical Incident Management put on the training exercise, says âcommunications are critical. Mynsberge tells WHMI one of his main goals is to rescue victims more quickly. Post exercise, all responders and school staff involved came together to discuss the improvements that could be made from each unit and staff. School staff found one area of improvement to be their current âsafe roomâ, which had only one entrance so therefore it was moved to another room with two. Fenton Area Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Timothy Jalkanen tells WHMI their number one concern is student safety and reuniting them with their parents. Jalkanen plans to discuss further improvements at an administrative level. (DK)
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