Emergency Training in an Overturned Bus
Check out these action-packed shots of an emergency training event in Van Buren County, Mich., in which participants got to experience what it feels like to be in an overturned school bus as well as one filled with smoke. Submitted by Mark Niewoonder, transportation supervisor for Van Buren Intermediate School District.
During the training event, sponsored by Michigan’s Van Buren Intermediate School District (ISD) in conjunction with Lawrence Township Emergency Services, one bus was turned over on the right side, with a wheelchair secured and a life-size mannequin belted in. Emergency personnel practiced cutting open the vehicle to simulate rescue efforts.
One training participant said afterward that “the student strapped into the wheelchair was a real eye-opener for me.”