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On Monday, August 15, a UW MedFlight helicopter landed in Glarner Park for training with the New Glarus Fire Department, New Glarus Area EMS and New Glarus Police Department.

On their Facebook page, the New Glarus Fire Department said, "We would like to thank UW MedFlight for the valuable training tonight. We reviewed the request process, communications with the aircraft, landing zone criteria, landing zone security, and safety around the aircraft. We were also given the opportunity to practice a "hot load", where we assist the flight crew in loading the patient into the helicopter while...