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First responders evaluate response to Boy Scout lightning strike THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
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BELMONT — Firefighters from several area communities, representatives from four of the five participating hospitals, Lakes Region Mutual Aid dispatchers and a representative from the state participated yesterday in an assessment and review of the actions
taken after the lightning strike Monday night that sent 23 Boy Scouts by ambulance to emergency rooms. The purpose of the assessment, which was led by Belmont Fire Chief David Parenti whose department coordinated the “mass-casualty incident,” reviewed time lines, communications between all involved
agencies, and how to improve on handling future events, should there be any. On Monday night, 23 Boy Scouts participating in leadership training were huddled under a tarp when lightening struck about 25-feet away from their remote hilltop and forested location at Camp Bell in Gilmanton. Their injuries
varied from burns on various parts of their bodies to anxiety. Most of the injured were treated and released that night and many returned to finish leadership camp. The decision to set up a remote medical triage site in Belmont was made by Lakes Region General Hospital in see LIGHtNING page 27
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Hay which was mowed on Monday sits in a field at Rambin’ Vewe Farm on Morrill Street in Gilford. Because it could not be baled in time, the hay has now lost its nutritional value and is good only for mulch hay. (Roger Amsden/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
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