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Airport Disaster Drill |
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In accordance with Federal Aviation Administration, the Modesto City/County Airport with the direction of the Modesto Fire Department and Airport Division stages table-top exercises every year and a full-scale emergency exercise once every three years. On Thursday October 5th, 2001 one such drill took place. The scenario: a commercial aircraft collides with a smaller passenger plane on the airstrip. The purpose: to provide a realistic set of events to which local emergency service and related providers can react and/or respond. Click on Pictures to Enlarge |
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The newly purchased Airport Rescue 91 was first-in responder. Traveling first up wind to avoid imagined smoke and debris, the 585 horsepower, turbo-charged, diesel driven unit [capable of delivering 1500 gallons of water, 200 gallons of foam and 500 pounds of chemical extinguishing agent] rushed in to extinguish a simulated fuel spill, secured the area of any possible collapse of the "wrecked" plane then looked to clear able-body victims from the area.
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As first-in responder, Captain Nicassio begins the drill as incident commander relating the situation found and making requests to supporting staff and other agencies. |
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 Thanks to the help of Ceres' student emergency medical technicians, the mock disaster took on a realistic atmosphere. They played victims of the crash and came complete with mock puncture wounds, scrapes, broken  bones and severe trauma. The elaborate
make-up and moaning victims tested the ability of first responders to
quickly assess potential dangers and severity of injuries. One
victim was air lifted to a mock hospital created inside a hanger
bay.
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