On September 29, 2007, agencies from Greene and Columbia Counties held a joint mass-casualty drill, which simulated the sinking of a small cruise ship near the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse. Columbia County agencies participating included the Columbia County EMS Coordinators Office, Greenport Rescue Squad, Hudson City Fire Department, Columbia County 911, Columbia County Fire Coordinators Office, Columbia County Sheriffs Office, and the Columbia County Emergency Management Office. The Athens Village Fire Department was the lead agency and did a nice job coordinating the day's events.
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| Greenport Rescue "Boat-1" responds to the scene |
The "Spirit of Hudson" serves as the "sinking vessel" |
Hudson Fire Department deploys "Marine-31" to the drill site |
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| Greenport Rescue begins to establish a Triage and Treatment area |
Greenport EMS Chief John Onufrychuk coordinates his units |
The EMS Gator (EMS-60) transports the first patients from the dock to the Triage area |
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| A "patient" arrives at Triage and is tagged using the SMART Triage system |
A view of the scene from the Hudson shore (Hudson-Athens Lighthouse to the right) |
EMT's perform secondary triage and begin treatment |
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| A patient is assisted to EMS-60, where Paramedic Tom Barnard will transport him for triage and treatment |
Greenport Rescue "Boat-3" (Jet Ski) plucks a patient from the waters of the Hudson River and brings him ashore |
Additional units are brought and a Staging Area is established |
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