May-June 2007 Alpine Barona East County El Cajon Grossmont ...

theZONE Santee 51Williams participated in a prophylacticmedication dispensing drill held in Vista.Again, it was very informative andhelpful in setting up a ProphylaxisMedication Dispensing program for theCity of Santee. More info to follow.Hillcreek Evacuation DrillJanuary 10 th , the Santee Fire Departmentworked with the Santee School District inparticipating in a full-scale evacuationdrill at Hillcreek Elementary School. Thescenario presented was that twostudents found an unknown canister andbrought it onto school grounds,releasing a gaseous material into one ofthe bathrooms. The fumes overcame thetwo students and one adult.The school was placed in immediatelock-down and then completelyevacuated to a designated place downthe street. Communications, parentnotification and bus transportation wereall evaluated by the school district. Thefire department participated bysimulating triage, evacuation, haz-matmitigation and decon. It was an(Continued from page 50)Bird Firechallenged with access due to a carport,vehicle and R.V. trailer, all, whichwere also well involved, and blockingthe entry point.The outcome of the fire; very littlecontents salvaged, and the loss ofthree pets. One dog and two catswere found deceased, in the interiorof the structure.!informative and challenging drill for allinvolved.Live fire training on HitchingPostA local resident donated his home to thefire department, allowing us to performlive burn training on it before it was tobe demolished and rebuilt. The 2800 sqft home was only 5 years old at the time,but was set to be demolished, andreplaced by a new 5000 sq ft, single storyhome. All 3 shifts were able toparticipate in the training, which broughtvaluable experienced to our many newfirefighters as well as the veterans.TrainingSantee Firefighters have been fortunateto have many training opportunities inthe past few months. Due to theextension of Hwy 52 to the 67, severalbuilding sites have been made availableto us for training, prior to their