Five members from Minnesota Task Force 2 were recently in Wisconsin to participate in confined space rescue training. The training was conducted at the REACT (Regional Emergency All Climate Training) Center, which is located at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin. The five participants, four from the Virginia Fire Department and one from the Duluth Fire Department, engaged in a number of confined space scenarios. ”The scenarious were challenging,” said Virginia Deputy Fire Chief Erik Jonassen. ”We certainly learned a lot from this training.” The REACT Center is considered one of the premier emergency response training facilities in the country. Minnesota Task Force 2 is a specialized urban search and rescue team made up of personnel from the Virginia, Duluth, and Minnesota Air National Guard 148th fire departments.
