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stretched to or beyond their capabilities. Mike Dobesh chaired the planning
group. Assignments were made to the various players with flow charts devel- oped. We were now meeting weekly, hashing out the details and asking ques- tions about every unknown we could anticipate. By the time of the event, ev- eryone on the committee knew what
was going to happen. But the respond- ing agencies were not notified as to what they should expect to make the exercise as real as possible. However, I did train the St. Louis
Park fire department on school buses with multiple sessions, so all shifts were trained on how to work with the school bus before the drill.
Two school buses, a full-size Type C,
and a smaller Type A, were donated for the drill, one from Lazer Transportation and one from Minneapolis Public Schools. Te buses were towed to a bomb deto- nation area the week before, where the bomb squad and the military team posi- tioned the school buses and detonated a backpack containing 5 pounds of high ex- plosives surrounded by metal fragments. Te backpack was hanging from ropes 5 feet off the ground. Te detonation required a clear day. Te
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St. Louis Park public information office positioned old cameras in the area hoping to film the explosion. Unfortunately, the shockwave took its toll on the cameras, and nothing of value was collected. Te debris field was studied by the bomb experts and compared with their computer models. Te buses were returned to the bus
garage, and the broken glass was cleaned up to minimize the chance of real injury to the students during the drill. Te buses were put in place two hours before the drill, in actual damaged condition. About 80 students recruited from the
school, Boy Scouts and other groups showed up for the moulage makeup at seven in the morning. Tey were assembled in the school cafeteria at 8:30 a.m. for a briefing. By a half- hour later, everyone was in place. Prior to the drill, each agency was given
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the task of developing goals they wanted to evaluate during the exercise. Te evalu- ators, experts from the various agencies we worked with, were recruited and briefed in a meeting prior to the drill. All agencies, including school transportation, were evaluated during the drill. A “Hot Wash” immediately followed
the drill, and a week later there was a full debriefing by all agencies involved. Tis turned out to be a much larger exer- cise than anyone imagined. Te learning curve was also more than anyone fore- saw. It took the combined efforts of 20 different agencies and 285 individuals for this to be successful. n
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If you would like assistance with a drill, or a presentation on this drill for a training session, contact Denny Coughlin, presi- dent of School Bus Training Company, at 651/423-2048.
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