Recent Featured Videos and Articles | Eastern “Orthodoxy” Refuted | How To Avoid Sin | The Antichrist Identified! | What Fake Christians Get Wrong About Ephesians | Why So Many Can't Believe | “Magicians” Prove A Spiritual World Exists | Amazing Evidence For God | News Links |
Vatican II “Catholic” Church Exposed | Steps To Convert | Outside The Church There Is No Salvation | E-Exchanges | The Holy Rosary | Padre Pio | Traditional Catholic Issues And Groups | Help Save Souls: Donate | ![]() |
Drill at Wrigley tests emergency response to gunmen in stadium
chicagotribune.com
Chicago police, firefighters and paramedics conducted two active shooter drills Thursday at Wrigley Field, testing how they would react to gunmen opening fire in the stadium.
About 200 first responders were faced with this scenario: Two gunmen get through Gate J near the left-field bleachers and start shooting, resulting in a mass-casualty situation.
As the drills began, music, cheers and game announcements were interrupted by sudden gunfire and screaming using simulated ammunition and fake victims.
Deputy Fire Commissioner Mark Nielsen said the script called for the gunmen to shoot security guards and get access into the stands to shoot people on a fictitious game day. About 100 volunteers posed as fans in the stands, including off-duty police officers, Cubs employees and members of the city's Community Emergency Response Team.
SWAT teams entered the building to identify the shooters as quickly as possible and neutralize the threat. A second police team followed to secure the areas that were already cleared.
Nielsen said "entry teams," which include firefighter paramedics and EMTs, were then called into the stadium to treat victims.
"The objective is to get to the patients and get them to a 'casualty collection point,' triage them and then get them out as quickly as we can," Nielsen said.
The volunteers were "bloodied up" with fake injuries and placed in ambulances on Waveland Avenue during the drills.
Sign up for our free e-mail list to see future vaticancatholic.com videos and articles.
Recent Content
^