Logan County ESDA tornado disaster drill held in Atlanta, Lincoln and Latham
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[Ron Bowles, Mt. Pulaski Fire Chief, and Carl Faith, Latham Fire Chief, brief the participants in the ESDA/LEPC Disaster Drill, held Saturday in Latham.]
[An unused building in downtown Latham is set aflame as part of disaster drills.]
[The “jaws of life” cut the top off a wrecked car to rescue the driver.]
[Paramedics and firemen come to the scene of a simulated two-car accident with two “fatalities.”]
[Latham is a busy place as four “disasters” hit the town.]
[Brenda Deal, a Latham volunteer, plays the role of the victim in the simulated car crash and is surrounded here by her rescuers.]
 


[Carl Faith, Latham Fire Chief, is interviewed by WAND, channel 17, Decatur during a media briefing after the disaster drills.]
[Firefighters send arcs of water to burning building in Latham disaster drill.]
[Kim Schlecler, who volunteered to play the role of a berserk bystander, is handcuffed by Auxiliary Police deputies Dwain Marten and George Schaub.]
[The Salvation Army provides coffee and donuts for volunteers at the disaster drills in Latham.]
[Staci Cheseldine, victim in a mock anhydrous ammonia tank explosion, is placed on a backboard by emergency crews.]
[EMS Bill Wood from St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur applies wound make-up to Staci Cheseldine, “victim” of an anhydrous ammonia tank explosion.]