(Fire Fighters doing a field exercise in Milledgeville)
(Photo by Sherry Aske)
Saint John fire fighters are practicing their response to emergency situations with the help of new technology.
They completed a field exercise today in which simulated a bomb lab being discovered in a container at the port.
The technology allows first responders to communicate with each other even if all cell towers and radio signals have been taken out, something District Chief Eric Garland says is of the utmost importance.
The pilot project involved city fire and police crews, as well as EMS, the Halifax RCMP bomb squad and HASMAT.
It was the largest emergency simulation Saint John has had to date.
