LOYAL. LOCAL. COMPLETE.
KANSAS — The public should be aware of a realistic drill taking place 10:30 a.m. -noon Friday, April 21, at the Kansas school.
An area outside the school will have the appearance of a major incident with law enforcement, fire service, EMS and an Air Evac helicopter present. It is a drill. There is no threat to the school, and students will not be in danger. The purpose of the exercise is to teach high school students about the dangers of driving under the influence, distracted driving and the importance of wearing seat belts. Officials consider it an important message to reinforce as prom and graduation season approaches.
In the scenario, four high school students, made up with gruesome wounds, will be placed in cars for a simulated wreck with all emergency services responding to the scene. Kansas High School students will have a close-up
view of what happens at a major accident.
As the event unfolds, two students extricated from the wreckage will require transport for their injuries — one by ground ambulance and the other by helicopter. Another student is dead on arrival, and the school body will watch
as the fourth volunteer is field tested for sobriety, handcuffed and put in a squad car for transport to jail on a driving under the influence charge.
School administrators are working closely with emergency services to make the drill as realistic as possible for the student observers while making every effort to have the public aware this is a practice scenario and not real.