EMERGENCY services staff are attending the first North-East course on how to manage major incidents and disasters.
Suresh Wadhwani, accident and emergency consultant at North Tees General Hospital is running the programme alongside postgraduate manger Julie Oakley. It aims to get all the emergency services working together to manage large incidents.
It is hoped it will result in a "seamless response" to disasters, including looking after casualties. The course finishes tomorrow and will involve staff taking part in mock exercises at Middlesbrough Football Club and Teesside Airport to practice evacuating casualties and dealing with radio equipment.
Mr Wadhwani said: "Because of its many industries, highways, airports, recreational facilities, stadia and railway systems, Teesside is regarded as a vulnerable area with regard to the probability of major incidents.
"With this in mind it is important to have and maintain coordinated, seamless emergency responses to major incidents and disasters which is why it is so important to host the course in Teesside."
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