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MASS CASUALTY DRILL
BARNSTABLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
HYANNIS
October 28, 2015
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DISASTER DRILL
Barnstable Municipal Airport, along with the Hyannis Fire
Department and neighboring
communities participated in a Mass Casualty Incident Drill on Wednesday October
28, 2015.
Approximately 2 dozen "victims" were moulaged with various gruesome (Halloween
worthy)
realistic looking injuries and then placed on an old school bus simulating an
aircraft fuselage.
Several cars and a dumpster were set on fire to add some realistic crash scene
conditions.
The airport crash truck was dispatched and an airport crash response initiated
bringing
Hyannis and neighboring fire /rescue crews to the scene. The Incident
Command System
and MCI protocols were put in operation as crews attacked fires, practiced
extrication
on several vehicles, conducted triage and treatment of patients, and utilized
many of the
skills needed when disaster like incidents occur.
The weather was not pleasant (pouring rain and a strong
wind) just as it usually isn't
when actual emergencies happen. The incident response began about 5:30 PM
and concluded about 2 hours or so later with crews being fed and rested.
This drill is conducted about once every 3 years as
required by the FAA.
In addition to BMA and Hyannis, crews came from COMM, Barnstable, West
Barnstable,
Cotuit, Yarmouth, Dennis, Harwich, Chatham, Eastham and the Red Cross.
Cape Cod Hospital also participated as many of the "victims" were transported
to the hospital as they would be normally.
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