Mount Olive Emergency Services Practice Emergency Tactics Together

Police, fire and EMS personnel discuss best ways of responding to violence
By: Flanders Fire Company #1 & Rescue Squad
 
MT. OLIVE, N.J. - Sept. 4, 2014 - PRLog -- With violence disrupting schools, workplaces, theaters and other public gatherings, Mount Olive police, emergency medical services and fire personnel got together last week to share ideas and begin preparing for a day they hope will never come.

“This is the first time we’ve trained together this way,” Police Chief Mark Spitzer told the group, adding that he hopes there will be more training.

“You’ll likely have more questions than answers at the end of the day,” Mount Olive Police Capt. Steve Beecher told the gathering. “But this is how the conversation begins.”

The group met first with trainers from the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, who reviewed statistics related to violence in public places and talked about general response concepts. Then police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians talked about handling major incidents together. Guided by Mount Olive Police instructors, firefighters and EMS providers got a glimpse of how police officers train and began to learn where they’ll fit into a response.

Members of the Budd Lake Fire Company, the Budd Lake First Aid Squad and the Flanders Fire Company #1 and Rescue Squad joined local police officers at the event.

“It’s important that we learn from each other so we can work together if we ever have a major event in town,” said Flanders Fire Chief Frank Zeller. “If we don’t know how to work with each other, we’ll just be in each other’s way and be more of a problem than a help.”

“It certainly gets you thinking about training, equipment and preparation,” said Flanders EMS Capt. Nicole Shields.

“We have a lot to learn from each other,” said Budd Lake Fire Chief Robert Sheard. “Simple things like the words we use to describe a building or an action can be different from organization to organization.”

“It’s interesting that we have the same ultimate goals, but each organization must handle a different facet of the challenges we’ll face to accomplish those goals,” added Cassandra Issler, captain of Budd Lake First Aid Squad.

Three of the agencies have their own websites -- www.flanders-fire-rescue.org, www.buddlakefire.org; www.mopd.org  -- with more information about each organization. Information about the Budd Lake First Aid Squad is available on Facebook

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