The Torrington Emergency Medical Technicians waited patiently outside of the college for the next set of regional active shooter drills held at EWC this week.
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After the exercise was complete, first responders were then given feedback on their performances.
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The campus at Eastern Wyoming College has been busy this week with a regional active shooter training drills for regional emergency departments. During the training, police officers, sheriff’s deputies, highway patrol troopers, fire department volunteers, emergency medical technicians. Pictured here, law enforcement is seen protecting the mock victim of an active shooter drill while emergency personnel carry the victim to safety.
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Once the mock shooter was subdued, law enforcement began entering the building in the mock drills held at the college campus this week.
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According to Thom Bozeman, Goshen County Emergency Management Coordinator, additional trainings for next year will involve other community-type buildings.
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During the drill, a gun jammed as law enforcement performed a sweep.
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Law enforcement carefully made their way down the hallway in the EWC building while they searched for more shooters and potential victims of the mock active shooter drill which was conducted for regional emergency personnel at the college this week.
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Once the mock shooter was subdued, law enforcement began entering the building in the mock drills held at the college campus this week.
Jess Oaks/ Torrington Telegram
As the various teams set up for the drill, media and public in attendance were protected behind a piece of plexiglass at the end of the hallway. The scene was set up to reflect how emergency responders would enter a building, locate the threat (shooter), secure the building, and provide protection for emergency medical responders to render aid to potential victims.
Jess Oaks/ Torrington Telegram
As the various teams set up for the drill, media and public in attendance were protected behind a piece of plexiglass at the end of the hallway. The scene was set up to reflect how emergency responders would enter a building, locate the threat (shooter), secure the building, and provide protection for emergency medical responders to render aid to potential victims.
Jess Oaks/ Torrington Telegram