MUW held a “Disaster Day” Training

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Police, Fire, and ambulance crews responded to the Mississippi University for Women campus this morning.

The scene may have looked like a disaster, but it was part of a well-planned drill to allow First Responders to put emergency plans into action.

It also gave Nursing students at The W an up-close look at how agencies handle things before the patients get to them.

“This is to let our students see how all the different entities come in and work together,” said Lisa Griffin, Assistant Professor of Nursing

MUW coordinated with emergency personnel from Columbus to host the drill.

The exercise included an active shooter scenario and one simulating a vehicle running through a crowd of people.

“It is helping us prepare and know what our resources are,” said Kimora