{"id":104506,"date":"2016-06-18T00:59:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T06:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/local-responders-train-in-dolores-for-mass-casualty-event\/"},"modified":"2016-06-18T00:59:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T06:59:57","slug":"local-responders-train-in-dolores-for-mass-casualty-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/local-responders-train-in-dolores-for-mass-casualty-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Local responders train in Dolores for mass casualty event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!-- gallery:10f71ba0-39a8-457c-82e3-620c852ae4bb --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pq2SZH8valw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Dozens of emergency service personnel from about 25 agencies converged at Dolores High School on Friday and Saturday for a mass casualty training course.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day training session featured instructional videos and talks, as well as hands-on training exercises, said Montezuma County Emergency Manager Paul Hollar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a golden opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re fortunate to be able to host this again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event focused on how the various agencies would respond and work together if there was an active shooter in a school or other public place. Members of local fire, police and emergency service agencies were present, as well as officials from Southwest Health System, the National Park Service and Montezuma County school districts, Hollar said.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency response workers were learning new tactics for responding to a scene and eliminating the threat, while also rescuing people in danger and getting them the proper treatment, Hollar said. \u201cWe\u2019re really coming up with a plan and training for this together,\u201d he said. \u201cThat way, if, God forbid, that day comes, we can save a lot more lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agencies learned what each other\u2019s roles would be in an active shooter scenario, so that all involved can carry out their responsibilities and coordinate the proper response, treatment and care, said Southwest Health marketing director Haley Leonard.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the second time Montezuma County has hosted such an event, Hollar said.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend\u2019s training session was sponsored by Southwest Regional Emergency and Trauma Advisory Council, an agency that aims to maintain, improve and expand emergency medical and trauma services in Southwest Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Hollar said the weekend\u2019s training events were a starting point. The agencies will continue working together to build other pieces into the response plan, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He was impressed with the big and positive response from the emergency workers at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to take this training and build on it,\u201d Hollar said. \u201cA lot of that comes after this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:jklopfenstein@the-journal.com\">jklopfenstein@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25 agencies engage in drill at Dolores High School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[21,13],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-104506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-cortez","tag-frontpage-lead"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104506"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=104506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}