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By Christa Yates, Staff Writer
The Oviedo Police Department collaborated with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Center for Integrated Emergency Response Training Center, and more than 60 first responders from 27 agencies across the state who came together at the Oviedo Mall for an active shooter incident management course, Jan. 22-24.
Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma and Oviedo Police Chief Dale Coleman held a press conference to highlight the critical nature of this training on the program’s second day.
“Training [for these scenarios] isn’t about [first responders],” Lemma said. “It is the people whom we advocate for, the vulnerable people within our communities, our cities, our counties, and our states that will absolutely benefit from what’s going on here today.”
Training coordinators presented 11 full-scale scenarios to the participants, ranging from basic attacks to complex, coordinated incidents, which became increasingly challenging as students progressed.
“I have been in the FBI academy, I’ve been to every single class that you can sign up for, and I have never been impressed more than by what I’ve seen going on here today,” Lemma said. “Seeing that you can pull 60 people from 25 different organizations together, and it looks like they have worked together for years, is nothing short of remarkable.”
The Homeland Security National Training Program, a cooperative program between DHS and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, provided the training at no cost to responders through Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center.
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