ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KMOX) — First responders in St. Charles County have 18 opportunities to receive active shooter and mass casualty incident training this month and next.
Training officer Rick Lane said the county always offers that many exercises, and it's important to do so.
"We want them to be at the expert level and the only way to do that is to reach everybody. And we didn't think it would be prudent to offer it one time and get as many as you can as opposed to having nine days and two sessions each day," Lane told KMOX.
"We make this as real as possible with live victims as well as mannequins," Lane said.
Training days feature two sessions each, one at 8 a.m. and at 1 p.m. at St. Charles Community College's Nursing and Allied Health Campus in O'Fallon.