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Amsdell Middle School Drill

May 13, 2004

North Boston was one of many fire companies that took part in a multi-agency drill. Crews in Rescue 7 responded as a FAST Team to the Middle School Drill.

Plans for the drill were a multi-faceted effort, spearheaded by Allan Brown, Director of Facilities for the Frontier School District. The drill was to evaluate the effectiveness of the schools, fire units, school transportation, and police department efforts. Units that responded included Lake Shore, Scranton, Hamburg, Big Tree, Blasdell, Woodlawn, Lake View, North Evans, North Boston, Rural Metro Ambulance, Town of Hamburg Police, Emergency Management Team, Erie County Sheriff Air 1, Erie County Fire Safety Office.

As the scenario played out, crews entered and performed fire suppression, rescue, large area search, ventilation , and rescuing a downed firefighter. The scenario started at 0830hrs and played into the following scenario. Crews were dispatched on a reported boiler room explosion, with persons trapped in the school. As units responded to the school, staff members from the school effected an evacuation of the students from the structure. 8th grade students were transported by  Frontier Transportation to Frontier High School, while the remaining students we evacuated to watch the drill go down.

Photos Courtesy of Tiger Schmittendorf