Johnson County fire and police departments are planning a simulated active shooter training together today at Franklin College and Johnson Memorial Hospital.
About 30 public safety personnel and 70 volunteers will participate in a training that will close several local roads, the bottom two floors of Old Main at Franklin College and cordon off a section of the emergency room at the hospital.
The public is urged not to call 911 during the training, which is set for 9 a.m. to noon today. The scenario is designed to look like a real active shooter situation, which may include firing blank shots from a gun and victims with make-up simulating gunshot wounds.
The shooting situation will be staged inside Old Main, but there will be significant activity outside the building, around campus and at the hospital.
During the scenario, police will practice locating and apprehending the shooter and responding to a hostage situation. Firefighters will practice triaging shooting victims. At the hospital, firefighters will practice handing off patients to emergency room staff.
During the exercise, Monroe Street will be closed from Branigin Boulevard to Forsythe Street; and Henry Street, Hougham Street and Edwards Street will be closed at intersections with Monroe Street.
Firefighters from Franklin, Bargersville, Needham, Nineveh, Trafalgar and White River Township will join Amity for the training. Franklin Police and Johnson County sheriff’s deputies will also join.
The training will be closed to the public.
