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Big Bear Fire coordinates active‑shooter and mass‑casualty training with regional partners; live scenarios planned
Summary
Staff reported completion of classroom training and upcoming live‑scenario exercises developed with regional partners, intended to improve multi‑agency active‑shooter and mass‑casualty response capacity.
The Big Bear Fire Authority told the board June 10 that it has advanced a multi‑year effort to organize active‑shooter and mass‑casualty training with regional partners and that live‑scenario exercises will be conducted later this month.
Staff said Battalion Chief Fondo, with Captain Andrew Crane and engineers Bill Wolters and Corey Emerson, coordinated classroom‑level training through the Paradise Training Network and worked with San Diego County Fire, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, the local airport, the hospital district and Bear Valley Unified School District. Staff said the classroom training is complete and that live‑scenario exercises will be held at Newbury High School later this month.
Staff invited board members and the public to observe the live scenarios and said the training was designed to create rescue task forces that can operate in “warm” areas with law enforcement protection. Staff noted the challenge of organizing such training given limited staffing and the overtime costs that can accompany large‑scale exercises; the department said it has managed to run the recent work with on‑shift staffing where possible to limit budgetary impacts.
Directors thanked staff for coordinating regional participation and for advancing the authority’s mass‑casualty and active‑shooter response capabilities; staff said the training will help prepare local responders for possible complex incidents and improve interagency coordination.
No board action was required on the training report; staff encouraged attendance at the exercises and continued development of the authority’s active‑shooter program.
