City Disaster Coordinator Patrick Maynard discusses aspects of disaster preparedness. The program was also led by Capt. Al Huerta.

On July 11th the City of Fillmore Fire Dept hosted the first of a planned series of training opportunities to El Dorado residents with a primary objective of disaster preparedness. The most recent training included certification in basic first aid as well as mass casualty incident triage. Captain Al Huerta and Paramedic Steven Karnazes were the featured instructors. There were approximately 40 El Dorado residents in attendance.

On July 18th Fillmore Fire will be hosting a mass casualty incident drill at the El Dorado club house from 10am – 12pm. This rare hands-on training exercise will allow El Dorado residents to practice what they learned during the previous weeks training including basic first aid and the triage of numerous injured subjects. Several injured subjects will be equipped with fake blood and wounds ready to be triaged and treated by volunteer present at the training. All Fillmore residents are welcome to observe. Those who participated in last weeks training are invited to participate.

Disaster Coordinator Patrick Maynard had this to say, “The City of Fillmore Fire Department was delightfully surprised to see such a significant interest in disaster preparedness at the El Dorado Mobile Home Park. The goal of our City of Fillmore’s Disaster Preparedness Division is to continue to provide both fun and educational training opportunities for local residents while dramatically improving our growing level of preparedness.”