Mock explosion helps area first responders prepare for an EMERGENCY

TC nursing students wear makeup to simulate injuries

By: Marie Martin - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Adam Sacasa Justin Bailey, a nursing student at Texarkana College, acts as an injured victim of a mock explosion Wednesday at the Truman Arnold Center on the college campus. Bailey was placed in the red area of a Northeast Texas Regional Trauma Advisory Council surge response and all...

Staff photo by Adam Sacasa A two-way radio is pictured in the Northeast Texas Regional Trauma Advisory Council command trailer as students tour the trailer on Wednesday. Communication can also be made using satellite phones if local cellular towers and phone lines are damaged.

Staff photo by Adam Sacasa Nathan Hodges of Redwater, Texas, climbs off a fire truck after a disaster preparedness exercise Wednesday at Texarkana College.

An early morning mock explosion Wednesday at Texarkana College set off of the Disaster Preparedness Exercise conducted by Northeast Texas Regional Advisory Council and its many volunteers.

In keeping with the scenario, Texarkana College nursing students were in the Truman Arnold Cente...

Published: 10/04/2012