Lake County first responders participate in active shooter training
Cindy Peterson
CLERMONT — It’s every first responder’s worst nightmare.
An active shooter threatens the lives of multiple civilians and it’s their job to strategically apprehend the shooter and protect the citizens. It takes teamwork from every department, from dispatch to EMS, from law enforcement to fire rescue.
Because of the intensity of these situations, first responders from all around Lake County came together to this week to train for active shooter incidents to ensure if a situation arises, they're ready.
“It’s a great opportunity for everyone to train together,” Tommy Carpenter, Director of Lake County Office of Emergency Management, said. “We go through the instructional part and run scenarios where we take the material we just learned and practice it. We’ve had scenarios like shootings at malls and airports. Even though we have different agencies, if we have an incident like this in the county, it’s going to take all of us. Not one individual agency can do it all on their own so we have everyone here working together, learning together, so if, God forbid, we have that call, they are all going to respond together.”