DISASTER PRACTICE DRILL HELD First Responders Hold Disaster Drill
Reported by: Dan Matics
Videographer: Dan Matics
Web Producer: Dan Matics
Reported: Jul. 28, 2012 6:34 PM EDT
Updated: Jul. 28, 2012 6:56 PM EDT
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Huntington
, Cabell County
, West Virginia
Cabell and Wayne County first responders practiced for how they would react to a shooting scenario at a high school.
Saturday, dozens of first responders gathered at Huntington High School for a disaster drill.
City, County and State police responded to a scenario of where four gunmen were on the loose, with a hazmat situation inside the building.
In the scenario, there were multiple students killed, and dozens of others injured.
It allowed many different agencies to come together and train, for a worst case scenario.
The drill concluded Saturday afternoon. The emergency planning committee will issue a report on the drill's exercises in the coming days.
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