exercise at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Wednesday to give national, state and local first responders the opportunity to practice for a federally declared disaster.
Although empty upon arrival, the C-130 was soon filled with mannequins to represent the injured patients. Making their way onto the tarmac, emergency responders then boarded the plane and carried the mannequins off on stretchers to be assessed. Mannequins were used for the deboarding process in case a stretcher was droppedOnce on the ground, volunteer patients were subbed in for the mannequins.
“With the current state of our world, all of the national disasters and public health emergencies that we see on a daily basis, we need to be prepared for that,” he said.“We should always err on being more prepared than not prepared,” he said. “We want to make sure that we have the personnel trained and we have the proper collaboration and communication with our partners throughout the city to make sure we’re prepared for that.