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Pa. emergency workers stage casualty drill

Catherine Rodriguez
Pocono Record

The Stroud Township Fire Department and Suburban EMS responded to a chemical spill that killed a number of people and Stroud Area Regional Police and their SWAT team successfully negotiated the release of several hostages at Stroudsburg Intermediate Elementary School.

Well ... not really.

Monroe County’s first-ever Mass Casualty Drill, dubbed “Monroe Vigilance,” was staged at the school complex on Chipperfield Drive Saturday morning, including police, fire, EMS, and coroner operations, along with Monroe County’s Dispatch Center and Pocono Medical Center. ...

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