Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ hosts regional mass casualty simulation
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ recently conducted its annual Mass Casualty Incident simulation event on the Rocky Mount campus and the Rocky Mount Fire Department training grounds. The purpose of the simulation is to prepare public safety students for high-stakes emergency situations.
This year’s multi-agency drill simulated a severe tornado structure collapse, requiring rapid organization and cross-jurisdictional collaboration. Participating agencies included Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Emergency Medical Services, Rocky Mount Fire, Rocky Mount Police, and EMS teams from Edgecombe, Greene, Bertie and Vance counties.
Student volunteers actively participated by portraying victims, allowing emergency personnel and paramedic students to practice field triage, patient sorting and scene management in real time.
“If our paramedic students are on a truck and they get dispatched to something that is massive, they need to know the process,” said Adam Culbertson, director of public services at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ. “They need to know how to set up an incident command system and a field triage system.”
The joint exercise serves as an integral component of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s public safety curriculum, bridging classroom instruction with critical real-world crisis response.