4/7/15 Emergency Preparedness Drill by Andrew D. Brosig
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Longview, Texas firefighters Eddie Haywood, back left, and Kyle Resigner listen as mock victim Unique Maloy, seated left, reads her symptoms from a prepared card for apprentice firefighter Zack Portera in the back of an ambulance during an emergency preparedness drill Tuesday, April 7, 2015, outside Spring Hill High School in Longview, Texas. Spring Hill students played both members of the general public and victims seeking help during an avian flu pandemic to give various emergency response agencies and nursing students from the University of Texas at Tyler Longview University Center an opportunity to practice procedures which could also be applied to a biological terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Tyler Morning Telegraph, Andrew D. Brosig)
Students line up in the gymnasium at Spring Hill High School on Tuesday, April 4, 2015, during a emergency preparedness drill at the school in Longview, Texas. Simulating a pandemic outbreak of the avian flu, various agencies got the chance to practice their response with the help of student volunteers portraying both victims and the general public, part of a 14-county rehearsal for a real outbreak or a potential biological terrorist attack, organizers said. (AP Photo/Tyler Morning Telegraph, Andrew D. Brosig)
Students from Spring Hill High School in Longview, Texas, sign in with students from the University of Texas at Tyler Longview University Center School of Nursing for an Emergency Preparedness Drill on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at the high school. The drill involved some 14 counties and dozens of agencies to prepare for a mock H7N9 Avian Flu pandemic. The plans and procedures worked out in the drill can also be applied to a potential biological terrorist attack, said Johnny Brown of North East Texas Health District. (AP Photo/Tyler Morning Telegraph, Andrew D. Brosig)
Student volunteer Josh Guarisca, 17, left, talks with nursing student Kristina Lemme from the University of Texas at Tyler Longview University Center as Guarisca signs in with his assigned identity for an emergency preparedness drill Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at Spring Hill High School in Longview, Texas. The drill was designed to allow various emergency response agencies to practice for - in this case, an avian flu pandemic - to be sure the procedures are in place and to identify weaknesses in the response plan. The drill allowed the agencies to "plan for the worst thing you can imagine and hope it never happens," said incident commander Johnny Brown from the Northeast Texas Health District. (AP Photo/Tyler Morning Telegraph, Andrew D. Brosig)
Students line up in the gymnasium at Spring Hill High School on Tuesday, April 4, 2015, during a emergency preparedness drill at the school in Longview, Texas. Simulating a pandemic outbreak of the avian flu, various agencies got the chance to practice their response with the help of student volunteers portraying both victims and the general public, part of a 14-county rehearsal for a real outbreak or a potential biological terrorist attack, organizers said. (AP Photo/Tyler Morning Telegraph, Andrew D. Brosig)
