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Published June 21, 2012, 12:00 AM

Emergency response drill

Collaborative drill held in Hastings June 16, 2012


Police and paramedics work together to get the first of three patients off the scene and into an ambulance. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)

  • Police and paramedics work together to get the first of three patients off the scene and into an ambulance. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • Hastings police officers Amber Weich, left, and Ryan Kline were the first to reach an officer down in the simulation. Evaluating their response is Commander Tim Flynn of the St. Paul Police Department. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • With three people still inside the wrecked vehicle, Hastings firefighter Dean Suchy prepares to cut the doors and roof off the car so the victims can be safely removed. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • Hastings police officers Mike Schmitz, left, and Sgt. Craig Puch respond to a simulated call for an officer shot. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • Volunteers watch while a Dakota County boat arrives in the marina to transport them out of East Hastings. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • A volunteer is fitted with a life vest before being helped onto the Hastings Fire Department’s rescue boat. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • With Hastings and Prescott ambulances already occupied with victims from the car crash, officers decided to use a police squad care to transport the “injured” officer to a medical facility. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • While firefighters worked to remove volunteer patients from the crash simulation, more responders got to work containing a simulated chemical spill. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • A bit of rain Saturday morning didn’t affect the drill. Pictured are police officer Amber Weich and firefighter Jim Gelhar. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • Firefighter/paramedics wheel a volunteer patient to a waiting ambulance. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • Fire and EMS Director Mike Schutt and Corey Plath, who played the part of the train driver, watch from the sidelines while responders communicate in the drill. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • SWAT team members set up a mobile command center, where they drew up plans for approaching the person posing as a shooter. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)
  • A volunteer sits with a Dakota County operator on a county boat used to evacuate people from East Hastings. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)