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Show ock disaster shocks area emergency teams , Roosevelt and Altamont found nine victims, apparently badly burned and bleeding from wounds as bizarre a a stake protruding from a chest, scattered in the sagebrush around the refinery. The victims in reality were Union high school students which had been made up to lode as if they were seriously Injured. One wu instructed to act dead" and came dose to convincing one of the police officers of hi demise. . A fire had been started in some old tires and wood near the plant to simulate the fire which would follow a refinery explosion. Roosevelt's fire crew raced to the scene to douse that blaze. . Passers-bstopped along Highway 40 to render assistance or just to stare at the racing emergency teams, creating a real traffic jam for Utah Highway Patrol troopers to unravel. The EMTs examined the victims, quickly assessed their "conditions, then transported them to Duchesne County hospital, where doctors and el d rituation requiring quick response. Only the heads of the various agencies were notified that the explosion was to be a mock disaster. Emergency medical technicians, and dispatchers and others responded to what they assumed wss a real call for help. Though Vernal and Duchesne ambulance crew chiefs had been notified that they would receive a call and to ignore it, the Roosevelt dispatcher convinced crews that they were needed and they raced to the scene, lights flashing and sirens screaming. Those crews and EMTs from "5. . , . , 'I' V. ipr $ : s.'.V"'. i . , . s-f p 9 Police, firemen, emergency medi-ctechnician, doctors and nurses turned from throughout the Uintah Basin en mass last Thursday in response to a call lbr help following an explosion at Plateau Oil Refinery west of Roosevelt Only there wasnt a real explosion. The "disaster" was an elaborately-plannedisaster preparedness exercise to test the response of the emergency teams in case of a real f. , v-- ; nurses made further examinations and prescribed treatment. Then the "patients were released. The exercise was observed by representatives from the State Emergency Medical Services, who later' praised the manner in which the situation was handled. Kevin Ashby, area coordinator for the Emergency Medical Technicians' Association, said the mock disaster wu designed to "put the pressure" on Continued on page 3 FIRE Roosevelt's CONTROL Fire Depart- ment arrived at the scene of an "explosion" at Plateau Oil refinery Thursday to discover that it was only a mock disaster but they quickly doused the fire in a pile of wood and tires that had been set to y , . , i. &!& simulate the real fire that would have followed a real explosion. Left to right, the firefighters are Terry Reynolds, Cliff Casto, Dale Galley and Jim Milligan, who is apparently directed their efforts. M SBP z'Z"" ?,,w VOLUME 67 NUMBER 19-A- foy 10, 1979 UINTAHIbWSIN SERVING ALL OF DUCHESNE COUNTY. PLUS WEST UINTAH COUNTY Peoples Party gears for election JAM Ambulances which responded to a mock disaster at Plateau Oil Thursday came from Roosevelt, Altamont, Duchesne and Vernal and created traffic TRAFFIC The terms of three members of the Roosevelt City Council expire this year and local political parties are gearing up for election time. The Peoples Party convention will be held Tuesday, May 22, at the Moon u Two men have been arrested on charges of assault in connection with a fight in the parking lot of the Office Lounge in which a man wu beaten with a baseball bat Roosevelt City Police arrested Alfred Checora Jr., 22, of Fort Duchesne, and Lorenzo Black, 23, of the Fort Duchesne area, for simple assault Complaints are pending against two others, one of which will be charged with aggravated assault Sam Buffalo, originally from Colora seek ,U 'V m -- v. wounds. Man beaten with bat, two arrested Lake building, beginning at 7:80 p.m. AH citizens of Roosevelt who are interested in public affairs are encouraged to attend. The terms of Ellen Rawlings, Jay Gates and Gordon Harmston coundlmen will be completed at the end of this year. Official word has not been received on whether they will - congestion at the scene as EMTs worked over nine victims with realistic-lookin- g The People's Party Nominating Committee is Seeking candidates to run for these posts. Anyone interested in serving on the dty council is asked to contact nominating committee Lawrence memebers Yack, Allan Harrison, Rena McBride, Larry Murray or Lynn Snow. do, High Low Free. wu reported struck reputedly with the bat suffering four lacerations on the bad: of his head, a skull fracture and bruises four to eight inches long on his shoulder. At press time he wu still confined in the Duchesne County hospital but wu reported in good condition and was no longer in the intensive care unit Sgt Ed Spann said the injuries stemmed from a fight between two groups about 1:20 a.m. May 5 outside the lounge on the wut side of Sunday, May 6, the Roosevelt weather station recorded winds gusting to 42 knots. Roosevelt In another altercation at the same location April 28, officers Continued on page 3 iiS'if v . . . -- V' . ' . 'tr Roosevelt City Policeman Kim Olsen was first on the scene following a reported explosion at Plateau Oil's refinery last Thursday. He found Shauna Murphy lying qn the road with an apparent back injury, then later learned that the disaster was really an emergency preparedness FIRST TO ARRIVE Radar speed checks to be conducted here Due to Gov. Scott Mathesons quest for increased enforcement of e 66 speed limit, the Patrol and the tah Highway apartment of PubUe Safety are bring a series of community rsdar eed checks. Ike program is an effort to assist Dtorbts in determining the accuracy their speedometers, which can vary ' cause of mechanical error, changed a sizes, etc. A statement from the Highway feral said it is hoped that the ogram will encourage voluntary mplhwne with the 66 eed limit Matheaon hu asked the ghway Patrol to give no more County will be held Saturday, May 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. at U.8. Hwy. 40 and the wnwV Cove road, wut of Rooeevelt near the airport In Uintah County, a died will be conducted this Saturday afternoon between 1 and 4 p.m. on. State Highway 44 north ef the Vernal City limits. Because of the emphasis mi the speed limit 246 percent increase in arrest citations for speeding wu logged during the week of April 28 mile-per-ho- - through 29. The Highway Patrol said even though there hu bun a sharp increase in citations, they have seen a mile-per-ho- ur rning speeding tickets, to issue only highly visible . compliance with i The radar eheek for Duchesne Utah motorist. slum, of voluntary the speed limit by wasn't quite a photo-finisbut Persian Jet had to make a race of it to take the purse in the finals at Petroleum Downs Saturday, May 5. Finishing with a time of 18.16, the winning horse, owned by Howard BOTTLE HOLLOW FUTURITY It h, Jenkins and trained by Ken Taylor, beat out Solitary Jet and Big Beau Chants, shown at right. In winning the race, Persian Jet beat his trial time by .26 sec. Hadley was the winning jockey. who |
