Field exercise provides vital emergency training

Andy Comber / Essex Free Press

As part of a mock disaster, emergency personnel wearing hazardous material suits tend to a leaking tanker truck during a live training exercise at the Honeywell plant in Amherstburg, May 26.

By Andy Comber - June 3, 2009

We have no idea when a serious emergency is going to happen, but training to deal with such an incident is critical to being prepared in the event the worst happens.

Emergency, health, community support, industry and government personnel took part in an annual municipal and regional training initiative, Exercise Spring Day III, held in Amherstburg and Essex, May 26-27. It was developed to test the various aspects of emergency preparedness and emergency response plans and capabilities across the region.

This year the training included a field exercise and live demonstration at the Honeywell site in Amherstburg.

Honeywell provided a training transport truck for the emergency scenario that included a hazardous material spill of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF);