If you hear the sounds of sirens and helicopters next Friday, don’t panic! Robbinsville High School will be hosting a mass casualty drill beginning at 8am. The drill, similar to one run in Ewing back in May, will involve over 100 participants from local, county, state, and private agencies as they simulate a plane crash near the high school with a debris field, a high number of injuries, some fatalities, as well as the elements of collecting and distributing accurate information. According to Mayor Fried, “Since we are home to the Trenton-Robbinsville Airport, this is a scenario that could happen, and we will be ready. I’m proud of our first responders for taking the initiative to organize this.”

A multitude of agencies will be participating in the drill including State Police helicopters, canine units from Robbinsville Police, Fire and EMS, Hightstown EMS, Mercer County’s Office of Emergency Management, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, and Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) from Robbinsville and West Windsor and Hamilton.

The drill will also enable Mercer County to test its Mobile Communications Vehicle which is outfitted with a roof-mounted video camera and permits all responders to operate on one frequency, known as interoperability. The vehicle which was acquired in March of this year.

Students from the high schools drama club and other township employees will participle as accident victims.