NW Campus’ Fire Service Training Center opened its doors to area emergency responders for a disaster drill March 22 focusing on mass casualties.
Fort Worth police joined the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, MedStar and fire departments from Azle, Benbrook, Lake Worth and Saginaw to participate in a scenario that included an F-16 fighter jet plane crashing into a building, car, cab and trailer.
The exercise included 25 “victims” that were transported to John Peter Smith Hospital.
Fort Worth firefighters shoot long-range hoses onto a helicopter that went up in flames during NW Campus’ disaster drill.
Two men carry an empty hydrazine tank to a safe zone during the drill.
The drill includes 25 “victims” transported to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.
Fort Worth police, the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, MedStar and fire departments from around the area participate in the drill.
Officers from around the area combine on NW Campus for a mass casualty disaster drill March 22. NW Campus’ Fire Service Training Center hosted the drill for the officers.
Photos by Katelyn Townsend/The Collegian
