Whitfield County safety workers spent the morning cleaning up a mock chemical spill and decontaminating pretend bystanders as part of an emergency training drill.
Fire engines, police cars and ambulances lights lit up the intersection at Needham Drive and Kammi Street near the railroad tracks in Dalton where organizers simulated a chemical spill.
Crews tested their skills and equipment using hoses, oxygen tanks and decontamination equipment during the four-hour drill led by Whitfield County’s emergency department.
Ensuring emergency response personnel and their equipment function well is critical so when a real emergency happens all of the agencies that respond will be prepared, Gary Baggett, Dalton fire deputy chief, said.
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