Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Gogebic-Iron Airport hosts disaster drill
A school bus, representing a crashed airplane, is part of a triennial emergency preparedness drill at Gogebic-Iron County Airport on Saturday morning. Sitting by the bus are volunteers representing patients injured in the crash.
By MEGAN HUGHES
IRONWOOD - The Gogebic-Iron County Airport hosted its triennial crash simulation on Saturday morning.
With more than 19 organizations participating, the event drew a crowd to the airfield as organizers and volunteers worked together to get safety personnel practice in the event of an accident.
The simulation kicked off in the morning as volunteers boarded the "airplane," a bus from the Ironwood Area School District that had been parked at the end of the runway. Each volunteer wore a piece of paper explaining the character, or "patient," they were to play...
