Carson City public safety agencies stage shooting scenario exercise
The first of two “active assailant response” exercises was staged Saturday at the Carson City Courthouse. The scenario involved two shooters in camouflage who walked through the three story courthouse, shooting city employees and members of the public in their path as they went courtroom to courtroom.
The shooters were taken out with gunfire by Department of Alternative Sentencing officers and Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies within two minutes of the scenario, but not after leaving a bloody path of fatally and critically injured victims.
In the scenario, there were 22 victims and four fatalities including the two shooters. Teams of officers swept the courthouse room by room to determine if there were other shooters and additional victims. Carson City Fire Department EMS treated the wounded in triage areas both inside and outside the courthouse, within about 20 minutes. Of those in the scenario wounded, five suffered life threatening injuries.
"Today we saw the actions of Carson City Fire Department EMS, Department of Alternative Sentencing and the Sheriff's Office in this training that prepares us for events that can happen," said Stacey Belt, deputy emergency manager for Carson City. The agencies will review the scenario, its measures, and determine areas that need improvement. Exercises continued into the afternoon. Other participating agencies included East Fork and Central Lyon County Fire and Care Flight and Calstar.
"Exercises like this are crucial features of public safety where we combine emergency responders and persons on scene as it happens," said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. "As we know with what has happened before with IHOP, scenarios can be unpredictable and we have to be able to adjust under any circumstance."
The training is intended to integrate personnel from various agencies in Carson City and neighboring jurisdictions to an actual active assailant or other critical incident in order to be better prepared. The exercise also gave courthouse staff measure to test their training and safety procedures.
Carson City residents play a critical role in creating a safe environment when they report any suspicious and criminal activity to the Sheriff’s Office. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office recommends that citizens do not participate in any direct verbal or physical involvement with suspicious person or those who are committing crimes. The personal safety of the community is paramount, said Belt.
The second training session will be Sunday, Nov. 23.
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