WILSON
THE BILLBOARD
FALL 2014 ISSUE 3
WILSON COLLEGE
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Zombies Descend on Wilson: Emergency Services Respond
the whole campus for their On Oct. 31, Wilson College simulation to make the simuwas struck by a Zombie Apoca- lation as authentic as possible. lypse. This Zombie Apocalypse For the second scenarwas a bit different than how io, participants dressed up it sounds. This apocalypse as zombies. Infected civilemergency response train- ians and zombies alike were ing simulation occurred in treated with special (chococonjunction with the Frank- late) preventative medication. lin County Department of According to Samantha Emergency Services (FCDES). Schlegel 17’, “I wanted to see This event collaborated how it would run. It soundwith Summit Health, Frank- ed like fun.” Roscoe Brantlin Fire Company, Chambers- ley, a Wilson security guard burg Police, West Shore Enhanced Message Service, Waynesboro Ambulance, Pennsylvania South Central Taskforce, Pennsylvania Department of Health, and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. This event was open to nearby Chambersburg Community and Local firemen and volunteers in Edgar Hall was covered by the local media. said, “I think it will be useThe Zombie Apocalypse had ful to staff and faculty, that two scenarios. The first scenar- we can organize an event.” io’s main theme was a disaster Sherri Sadowski, Direcdrill. Volunteers used make-up tor of Residence Life said, to make volunteers look in- “It was not the first Zombie jured. The police scenario in- Apocalypse this year, but this volved law enforcement saving one was more of an emervictim from an armed intruder. gency response training sceAnother scenario involved nario with the county and rescuing victims from a fire. Chambersburg Community.” They had fake smoke, sounds Sadowski described the Zomand weapons for these simula- bie Apocalypse as a community tions. From Laird Hall to Len- event: “It really was Franklin fest, emergency personel used County Emergency ServicBy Danbi Koo
es. They were the ones that planned all of this and got all of the people, so we just collaborated with them and we offered the site and got volunteers.” Sadowski also mentioned the “change of events” trend in the universities. “If you look, colleges have started to change their preparations of educational activities with campus about emergency and crisis responses and what their responses are. This was a
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step toward helping the college prepare more,” said Sadowski. “It’s a good activity. I think everyone who participated for the most part got something out of it. It helps all of us get faster.” It is necessary for people to run simulations in order to be preferred in the case of a real emergency. The Zombie Apocalypse gave people a chance to learn how to react in the face of an actual emergency, even in the case that it does not involve zombies.
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