HARBOR SPRINGS — It’s a chance for teens to learn what it takes to work together in an emergency - and maybe even find their future career path.

On a cool fall morning in Emmet County - a simulated emergency is underway.

Public safety class students from the Charlevoix Emmet Intermediate School District gathered at Boyne Highlands near Harbor Springs for a mock search and rescue mission.

Emmet County emergency manager Matthew Blythe said it’s all part of a greater plan.

“They need to see the opportunities out there, that law enforcement is not just the traffic stops and engines. There are K-9 units, there’s drone units, there’s ATV and marine units,” said Blythe, “Fire and law work together in a search and rescue environment and we need EMS to take care of our responders and the victim

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