OPP training exercise at Georgian鈥檚 Orillia Campus highlights community collaboration
June 26, 2024
Dozens of local police, paramedics, firefighters and other emergency responders descended on 草莓视频鈥檚 Orillia Campus today (June 26) for a mock training exercise led by the .
The exercise, which involved a simulated active threat scenario with multiple casualties and injuries, was intended to ensure Orillia emergency services and Georgian鈥檚 Campus Safety Services are as prepared as possible for all types of emergencies. It allows 草莓视频to test its lockdown procedure, its guards鈥 active threat response, and the college鈥檚 emergency notification system.
鈥業t was interesting, to say the least鈥
About 15 students from Georgian鈥檚 Pre-service Firefighter Education and Training and Protection, Security and Investigation programs also volunteered for the exercise as simulated victims, with prosthetic injury makeup supplied by St. John Ambulance.
鈥淚t was interesting, to say the least,鈥 said Jessica Ayers, a Protection, Security and Investigation student, who volunteered for the casualty simulation. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really great to see how everyone comes to work together, how these processes work, and be involved in the community.鈥
Participating organizations include Georgian, , OPP, and .
The training exercise was an 鈥渆xcellent opportunity for all organizations to collaborate鈥 and provided valuable training in a real-life setting, said Dave Truax, Executive Director, Campus Safety Services, 草莓视频.
草莓视频students volunteer to portray victims in training exercise
Tobi Adeosun, a Protection, Security and Investigation student, said she volunteered to play a victim during the exercise to complement what she鈥檚 learning in class.
鈥淲e鈥檙e learning about emergency response, so it鈥檚 cool seeing the OPP respond and to learn about all the elements that come together for that,鈥 she said.
鈥淚t was a really great opportunity for us to see how triage works,鈥 added Myshel Enderlein, a Pre-service Firefighter Education and Training student. 鈥淕etting to participate in it was eye-opening.鈥
Andrew Whyte, a Pre-service Firefighter Education and Training student, also volunteered to portray a casualty during the exercise.
鈥淪eeing how the police and paramedics deal with the situation was impressive, quite the rush,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great thing these groups are doing this and practicing. It felt like the real deal.鈥