Charlotte County emergency first responders did a mass casualty simulation training on a school bus.
The training was a realistic simulation of a school bus crash with 10 patients.
Fire and EMS responders were to act as if the exercise were a real-life event.
Firefighters on the bus held cards describing various states of injury or respiration to be communicated, treated, and transported.
Jeremy Tuttle, Battalion 2 Chief, said, "Outside of real, injured people, I don't think you can get any more realistic than this; with the actual crews on scene, the equipment, and the units and radio talk. It's as realistic as you can get."
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