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On Saturday, October 3, 2015, a training exercise was held at Monticello Public Schools and at the Zwingli Church. There were a number of agencies involved, including Monticello Fire and First Response, as well as other emergency response agencies.

Volunteers, incldung students and their families, participated as role players as injured victims and they had special makeup, called moulage, applied to look as though they have been severely injured.

Full-scale exercises are very valuable to expose us to these situations and identify further training or resources that may be needed.

The sce...