A crop duster and a military helicopter have collided in mid-air and landed heavy, emergency services rush to the Young airport to find bodies strewn over the airfield, all alive, but many seriously injured.
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Both aircraft have spilt chemicals and fuel; the situation is dangerous in the extreme.
Young Emergency Services conducted a training exercise at Young Airport last weekend with this scenario, and according to Sergeant Paul Colefax, it was an unmitigated success.
Personnel from NSW Police, NSW Fire and Rescue, NSW Ambulance, NSW RFS, NSW SES and the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau practising their skills and response capability to the simulated emergency.
Cootamundra LAC Sergeant Paul Colefax said the aim of the exercise was to test how the various services crews can coordinate in an emergency.
"Our objectives were to test interagency cooperation and communication and give our members some practice in responding to a major incident," he said.
"We have plans in place for these types of incidences, but we need to test to see if we have any problems within those plans."
Cootamundra Local Area Command Superintendent Chris Schilt said these types of training exercises are invaluable.
"It is essential that our emergency responders get to practice their skills and build on the fantastic relationships between our emergency services in Young," he said.
Craig Thomson
I am a media and communications professional with experience across print, digital, social and radio broadcasts. I am currently the Editor of Australian Community Media's Launceston Examiner.
I am a media and communications professional with experience across print, digital, social and radio broadcasts. I am currently the Editor of Australian Community Media's Launceston Examiner.
