Day 3 of Third Annual Emergency Services Academy: 20 Youth Take Part in Hands‑On Training
Twenty young participants practiced communications, K9 and drone searches, vehicle‑search techniques, EMS assessment and experienced a medical helicopter visit on Day 3 at UPT’s Anderson Farm Park.
On Day 3 of Upper Providence Township’s Third Annual Emergency Services Academy, 20 youth explored real‑world emergency services skills at Anderson Farm Park. Highlights included Montgomery County’s Field Comm 1 mobile communications, vehicle search techniques with UPT detectives, search and rescue demos with UPT K9 Argo and drone operations, EMS assessment with a simulated injured bystander, and a medical transport helicopter landing with a Q&A from JeffSTAT’s flight crew. Day 4 will focus on EMS training led by Friendship Ambulance and preparations for Friday’s Mock Trial; partners and sponsors include UPT Parks & Rec, UPT Police, Friendship Ambulance, Montgomery County Department of Public Safety, JeffSTAT Critical Care Transport and Senator Katie Muth.